Zonitis vittigera

Zonitis vittigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Meloidae
Genus:	Zonitis
Species:	Z. vittigera
Binomial name
Zonitis vittigera (LeConte, 1853)

Zonitis vittigera, the brown blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America. ^[1]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Zonitis vittigera:

• Zonitis vittigera propinquaMacSwain, 1951 ^{i c g}
• Zonitis vittigera vittigera(LeConte, 1853) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Zonitis vittigera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
2. "Zonitis vittigera species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
3. "Zonitis vittigera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
4. "Zonitis vittigera Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540. 
• Bologna, Marco A.; Pinto, John D. (2001). "Phylogenetic studies of Meloidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on the evolution of phoresy". Systematic Entomology. 26 (1): 33–72. ISSN   0307-6970. 
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459  . ISBN   0665100558. 
• Pinto, John D. (2001). "Two new species of Zonitis F. (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from southwestern North America, with comments on generic definitions in the Nemognathinae". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 103 (2): 319–324. ISSN   0013-8797. 
• Pinto, John D.; Bologna, Marco A. (2002). Family 111. Meloidae Gyllenhal 1810. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 522–529. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9. 
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.