Linsleya

Linsleya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Meloidae
Subfamily:	Meloinae
Tribe:	Epicautini
Genus:	Linsleya MacSwain, 1951

Linsleya is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about five described species in Linsleya. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These five species belong to the genus Linsleya:

• Linsleya californica Selander, 1955
• Linsleya compressicornis (Horn, 1870)
• Linsleya convexa (LeConte, 1853)
• Linsleya sphaericollis (Say, 1824) (ash blister beetle)
• Linsleya suavissima (Wellman, 1910)

References

1. "Linsleya Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Linsleya". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Linsleya genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Selander, Richard B. (1955). "The Blister Beetles Genus Linsleya (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". American Museum Novitates (1730): 1–30. hdl: 2246/2445 .
• Pinto, J. D.; Bologna, M. A. (1999). "The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History. 33 (4): 569–620. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33..569P. doi:10.1080/002229399300254.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26090-0.