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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta)

subgenus Epicauta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
Black Blister Beetle - Epicauta pensylvanica Pyrota akhurstiana ? - Epicauta vittata Epicauta funebris? - Epicauta funebris Salt and Pepper beetle - Epicauta meloid - Epicauta pensylvanica beetle, hairy, pale green, black spots - Epicauta Epicauta funebris Epicauta, maybe E. rehni or rileyi? - Epicauta rehni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Meloinae
Tribe Epicautini
Genus Epicauta
No Taxon subgenus Epicauta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Revised in(1)
Numbers
Our species of Epicauta (Epicauta) not yet in the guide:
*afoveata Werner, 1949 [CA]
*atropos Pinto, 1991 [AZ/KS - MT/MN]
*bispinosa Werner, 1949 [CO + KS]
*candidata Champion, 1892 [TX]
*cicatrix Werner, 1951 [TX]
*corybantica Pinto, 1991 [CA]
(= alphonsii Fall, nec Horn, 1874)
*crassitarsis Maydell, 1935 [AZ]
*emarginata Champion, 1892 [AZ - TX]
*ennsi Werner, 1957 [TX]
*excavatifrons Maydell, 1934 [FL - MS]
*fallax Horn, 1885 [CA]
*flobcina Pinto, 1991 [eastern, west to AL/NE]
*impressifrons Van Dyke, 1928 [CA]
*jeffersi Pinto, 1980 [AZ - OK]
*jimenezi Dugès, 1889 [AZ]
*kansanas Werner, 1944 [KS]
*magnomaculata Martin, 1932 [Death Valley region]
*montara Ballmer, 1980 [CA]
*obesa (Chevrolat, 1835) [eastern, west to ON/IA - NM]
*phoenix Werner, 1944 [AZ]
*proscripta Pinto, 1980 [KS, MS, TN]
*punctipennis Werner, 1944 [BC/AB - MO/NM]
*sanguinicollis (LeConte, 1853) [FL - SC]
*senilis Werner, 1949 [AZ - TX]
*singularis Champion, 1892 [TX]
Works Cited
1.The taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with a revision of the nominate subgenus...
Pinto J.D. 1991. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 110: 372 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2010 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 5 February, 2021 - 1:25pm

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