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

Species Eupompha elegans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Elegant Blister Beetle? - Eupompha elegans

Beetle on chicory blossom - Eupompha elegans

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 Eupomphini

Genus Eupompha

Species elegans (Eupompha elegans)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eupompha elegans (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Calospasta elegans LeConte 1851

Numbers

12 spp of Eupompha in the sw US and Mex. (1)

Size

7 - 13 mm

Identification

Black head & thorax; elytra may be variably marked with black and orange, some dark blue populations. (Evans & Hogue, description and photo (2))

Range

so. CA-AZ, NV - Map (3)(4)

Season

Feb-Aug in CA (BG data)

Food

Adult blister beetles, if they feed at all, are strictly plant feeders, consuming leaves and flowers. (5)

This species, though recorded feeding on eight plant families, mostly feed on members of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). (2)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1852. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from California. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 125–216.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

3.	Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue") Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Introduction to California Beetles (California Natural History Guides, No 78) Arthur V. Evans, James N. Hogue. 2004. University of California Press.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2006 - 9:06pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 29 January, 2024 - 8:48pm

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