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

Checkered Blister Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Pyrota - - Pyrota palpalis Orange, tan, and black blister beetle - Pyrota palpalis Charlie Brown Blister Beetle - Pyrota concinna Blister beetle - Pyrota Pyrota sinuata Yellow Crescent - Pyrota insulata Pyrota sp - Pyrota
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
Genus Pyrota
No Taxon Checkered Blister Beetles
Explanation of Names
The Mylabrina Group
Numbers
11 spp., all in our area(1)
Identification
extremely difficult to ID from photos
Range
US (mostly southwest) & Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Selander R.B. 1982. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 665-717.
Contributed by v belov on 26 September, 2010 - 4:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 September, 2024 - 1:42pm

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