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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Meloinae » Epicautini » Epicauta » subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta subgenus Epicauta) » Caviceps Group (Epicauta Caviceps Group) » Epicauta rileyi
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Big Head Beetle - Epicauta rileyi
Copyright © 2006 Bob Beatson

Big Head Beetle - Epicauta rileyi
Baboquivari Mts., Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 29, 2006
Size: ~12-16mm
this one has me puzzled. Looks like head is slightly wider than pronotum, and pronotum doesn't have the upturned "shelves" of many Cantharidae.
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 3 November, 2006 - 6:01pm
Last updated 4 April, 2009 - 5:01pm

Epicauta rileyi Horn
John Pinto det.
Moved from Epicauta ochrea.
… v belov, 4 April, 2009 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Epicauta.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 February, 2009 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 7 July, 2007 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
Epicauta ochrea
Epicauta ochrea
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Another one from Texas?
Dennis (and others), is this also Epicauta ochrea?

… Cotinis, 15 March, 2009 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Thanks
Jim and Eric. Was a handsome beetle. The group still remains difficult for me, but then, I guess with so many of them, one can't expect to be proficient that quickly.
… Bob Beatson, 4 November, 2006 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Possibly same species
as ones I found in New Mexico. I have a bunch of meloids from NM I haven't posted yet.
… Jim McClarin, 3 November, 2006 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Blister beetle.
Blister beetle, probably genus Epicauta.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 November, 2006 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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