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Species Epicauta brunnea

Slender black-legged Epi - Epicauta brunnea

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)

Species brunnea (Epicauta brunnea)

Explanation of Names

Epicauta brunnea Werner 1944

Size

9-16 mm (1)

Identification

large eyes, form of the ant., and brown color (1)

Range

AZ to c. TX, CO - Map (1)(2)

Season

Jul-Sep (1)(BG data)

Print References

Werner, F.G. 1944. Some North American species of Epicauta (Coleop., Meloidae). Psyche, 50: 65-73.

Works Cited

1.	The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas Dillon, Lawrence S. 1952. American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 48, No. 2:330-420.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 22 March, 2010 - 11:47am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 February, 2022 - 11:32pm

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