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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Lytta » Subgenus Poreopasta (Lytta Subgenus Poreopasta) » Moerens Group (Lytta Moerens Group) » Cyanipennis Subgroup (Lytta Cyanipennis Subgroup) » Green Blister Beetle (Lytta cyanipennis)
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Metallic Blister Beetle - Lytta cyanipennis
Copyright © 2013 Sam McNally

Metallic Blister Beetle - Lytta cyanipennis
Hoover Wilderness, Mono County, California, USA
July 31, 2013
Elevation approx. 10,000 ft, near Sonora Pass and Wilderness boundary.

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Metallic Blister Beetle - Lytta cyanipennis Metallic Blister Beetle - Lytta cyanipennis
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Contributed by Sam McNally on 17 August, 2013 - 3:48pm
Last updated 21 October, 2013 - 2:05pm

Moved
Moved from Lytta.
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Added to Lytta for ID help
I had originally placed this in Lytta nutalli, but will place it here awaiting more authoritative identification.
… Sam McNally, 25 September, 2013 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
sent to Dr Pinto some time ago
he's processing our copious requests piecemeal, so let's be patient -- i'm sure we'll a confirmation shortly
… v belov, 25 September, 2013 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
J.D. Pinto says, "presumably Lytta cyanipennis --
"...elytral color atypical however."
… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nuttall's Blister Beetle.
… Sam McNally, 25 September, 2013 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

interesting... thanks much for posting!
how was the ID obtained? if correct, then this exemplar shows clearly that the Sierra Nevada population differs conspicuously indeed
… v belov, 17 August, 2013 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
The tentative ID is from
the Law's Guide to the Sierra Nevada, admittedly a non-comprehensive guide (especially for insects), but the general description seemed to fit.
… Sam McNally, 17 August, 2013 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for clarifying
suggest including information about ID provenance in the Remarks: this is a very tough group, so we tend not to place images on species pages unless an expert ID/confirmation has been obtained (our expert, Dr Pinto, is currently unavailable), or the case is otherwise straightforward. Field guide-based ID is certainly not rigorous enough.
not that i'm in a position to 'overrule' or even challenge your call, but please run the beetle[s] thru the keys/descriptions in(1) to be on the safe side.
and, again, thanks for posting the photos!
… v belov, 18 August, 2013 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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