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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Pomphopoea (Lytta Subgenus Pomphopoea) » Bronze Blister Beetle (Lytta polita)

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Copyright © 2006 Machele White

Blister beetle - Lytta polita

Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
February 4, 2006
Size: 26mm

At my light for two days, took outside, and photographed.

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Blister beetle - Lytta polita

Blister beetle - Lytta polita

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Contributed by Machele White on 7 February, 2006 - 9:02am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 1:47pm

Yes

Yes, Blister Beetle, and it reminds me of genus Lytta.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
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… Stephen_WV, 7 February, 2006 - 10:13am

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Thank you

Stephen and Eric, for your help on my first Blister beetle.

… Machele White, 8 February, 2006 - 4:28am

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I agree.

This is one of two species that were formerly placed in the genus Pomphopoea, but are now in Lytta. Nice images!

… Eric R. Eaton, 7 February, 2006 - 1:25pm

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Lytta polita?

Beetles of Florida lists only Lytta polita for that state. What does everyone think, is this sufficient to assign this photograph?

I've seen a similar beetle in NC, which may also be polita, or perhaps aenea. I haven't seen a key for this genus. It is not very speciose in the east, so it seems we might be able to assign some photos here to species.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

… Cotinis, 13 March, 2006 - 11:06am

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Seems reasonably safe

Seems reasonably safe, and if a Meloid expert comes along later and suggests moving it somewhere else then that would be good too.

You're right about Lytta not being very speciose in the East. Downie & Arnett (page 1178-79) say 3 of the 50 Nearctic species are found in the Northeast (L. polita not among them) and they state that "most others are in the southwest."

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen_WV, 13 March, 2006 - 3:44pm

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Lytta polita

Yes, Dillon illustrate Lytta aenea, and it has all-yellow legs. I'm going to move this and a couple of similar images to L. polita.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

… Cotinis, 13 March, 2006 - 7:12pm

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