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Species Epicauta lauta

reddish brown blister beetle - Epicauta lauta

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 Macrobasis)

Species lauta (Epicauta lauta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macrobasis lauta Horn 1885

Explanation of Names

Epicauta lauta (Horn)

lauta 'washed'

Size

9-15 mm(1)

Range

s. CA to w. TX / nw. Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Season

Jun-Aug(1)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

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 17 February, 2012 - 11:04am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 August, 2022 - 10:39am

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