Maculata Group

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Swarming Epicauta on mesquite - Epicauta pardalis

Epicauta andersoni? - Epicauta andersoni

beetle, hairy, pale green, black spots - Epicauta

Epicauta on Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Epicauta maculata

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)

No Taxon Maculata Group

Numbers

9 spp. in our area (jeffersi not yet in the guide)

Remarks

There are maculate spp. in other lineages, incl. two groups in the nominate subgenus (Bispinosa Group: bispinosa, cazieri, punctipennis; and Oregona Group: oregona) and E. (Macrobasis) maculifera

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	Behavior and taxonomy of the Epicauta maculata group (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Pinto, J.D. 1980. The University of California Publications in Entomology 89: 1-111.

Contributed by v belov on 3 August, 2011 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, Edward Ruden
Last updated 4 January, 2024 - 4:06pm

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