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| Epicauta hirticornis Haag-Rutenberg,1880 [1] | |
Epicauta hirticornis is a beetle species from the family of oil beetles (Meloidae). The species was first scientifically described in 1880 by Haag-Rutenberg.
Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent, cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.
A planidium is a specialized form of insect larva seen in the first-instar of a few families of insects that have parasitoidal ways of life. They are usually flattened, highly sclerotized (hardened), and quite mobile. The function of the planidial stage is to find a host on which the later larval instars may feed, generally until the insect pupates.
Lytta nuttalli, or Nuttall's blister beetle, is a species of North American beetle first described in 1824 by Thomas_Say. The genus Lytta is from a Latin word suggesting madness The specific nuttallii recognizes the contributions of Thomas Nuttall, a contemporary of Say.
Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.
Berberomeloe is a genus within the tribe Lyttini of the family Meloidae, the oil or blister beetles. It includes two species, the red-striped oil beetle, Berberomeloe majalis, and the less flamboyant Berberomeloe insignis. Until recently these species were included in the genus Meloe, which is treated in the tribe Meloini; the placement of what was previously called Meloe majalis instead in a genus within the tribe Lyttini was proposed by Bologna (1988) and has commanded general acceptance. As Bologna notes, it had long been known that the larval development of the red-stripted oil beetle was very different from that of most species placed in Meloe, so that some authors treated it within the Lyttini genus Trichomeloe. However the species does not fit into any other genus of Lyttini, having a unique combination of autapomorphic characters, namely reduced elytra, no wings and modified antennae, so Bologna proposed the new genus. Bologna envisaged that other species currently placed in Meloe might be found to be anomalous once their larval development was studied in full. However, the addition of a second species to Berbermeloe came by a different route: García-Paris (1998). revived the name insignis, which had been thought to be merely a synonym for majalis, to describe a rare, distinct population endemic to the Spanish provinces of Granada, Almería and Murcia. Individuals of this type differed from typical B. majalis in several anatomical characteristics, and hence García-Paris argued that they should be given species status and should also be placed in Berberomeloe. The genus Berberomeloe is endemic to the Western Mediterranean, specifically the Iberian peninsula, France, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Lytta navajo is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Lytta reticulata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.
Meloinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 330 described species in Meloinae.
Tricrania is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least three described species in Tricrania.
Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.
Tetraonyx is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about nine described species in Tetraonyx.
Spastonyx is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Spastonyx.
Eupompha is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 14 described species in Eupompha.
Eupomphini is a tribe of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 7 genera and more than 20 described species in Eupomphini.
Cysteodemus is a genus of desert spider beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cysteodemus.
Tegrodera is a genus beetles known as iron cross blister beetles and iron cross soldier beetles. They are in the family Meloidae. There are at least three described species in Tegrodera.
Cordylospasta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least two described species in Cordylospasta.
Linsleya is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about five described species in Linsleya.
Cissites is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least four described species in Cissites.
Nemognathinae is a subfamily of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 8 genera and at least 120 described species in Nemognathinae.
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