Lytta

Lytta
Lytta aenea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Meloidae
Subfamily:Meloinae
Genus:Lytta
Fabricius, 1775
Lytta vesicatoria, the Spanish fly

Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 70 described species in Lytta.[1][2][3][4]

Lytta auriculata

Species

These 73 species belong to the genus Lytta:[2][3][4]

  • Lytta aenea Say, 1824
  • Lytta aeneipennis (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta agrestis (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta arizonica Selander, 1957
  • Lytta augusti Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta auriculata Horn, 1870 (red-eared blister beetle)
  • Lytta biguttata LeConte, 1853
  • Lytta bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta blaisdelli (Fall, 1909)
  • Lytta canelas Selander, 1960
  • Lytta cardinalis Chevrolat, 1834
  • Lytta childi LeConte, 1857
  • Lytta chloris (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta comans Selander, 1960
  • Lytta corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta cribrata LeConte, 1853
  • Lytta crotchi (Horn, 1874)
  • Lytta crotchii (Horn, 1874)
  • Lytta cyanipennis (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta deserticola Horn, 1870
  • Lytta ebenina (Dugès, 1877)
  • Lytta erebea (Champion, 1892)
  • Lytta erythrothorax (Herrera and Mendoza, 1867)
  • Lytta eucera (Chevrolat, 1834)
  • Lytta fulvipennis LeConte, 1853
  • Lytta funerea (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta hoppingi Wellman, 1912
  • Lytta insperata (Horn, 1874)
  • Lytta koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta lecontei Heyden, 1890
  • Lytta lugens (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta lugubris (Horn, 1873)
  • Lytta magister Horn, 1870 (master blister beetle)
  • Lytta margarita (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta melaena LeConte, 1858
  • Lytta michoacanae (Champion, 1892)
  • Lytta mirifica Werner, 1950 (Anthony blister beetle)
  • Lytta moerens (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta moesta (Horn, 1878)
  • Lytta molesta (Horn, 1885)
  • Lytta morosa (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta morrisoni (Horn, 1891) (Morrison's blister beetle)
  • Lytta mutilata (Horn, 1875)
  • Lytta navajo Werner, 1951
  • Lytta nigripilis (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta nigrocyanea Van Dyke, 1929
  • Lytta nitidicollis (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta nuttalli Say, 1824
  • Lytta peninsularis (Fall, 1901)
  • Lytta plumbea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta polita Say, 1824 (bronze blister beetle)
  • Lytta proteus Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta puberula LeConte, 1866
  • Lytta quadrimaculata (Chevrolat, 1834)
  • Lytta rathvoni LeConte, 1853
  • Lytta refulgens Horn, 1870
  • Lytta reticulata Say, 1824
  • Lytta sanguinea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
  • Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853 (Say blister beetle)
  • Lytta scitula (Champion, 1892)
  • Lytta scituloides Selander, 1960
  • Lytta sonorae Van Dyke, 1947
  • Lytta stygica (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta sublaevis (Horn, 1868)
  • Lytta tenebrosa (LeConte, 1851)
  • Lytta unguicularis (LeConte, 1866)
  • Lytta variabilis (Dugès, 1869)
  • Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lytta viridana LeConte, 1866
  • Lytta vulnerata (LeConte, 1851)
  • Subgenus Poreopasta cyanipennis (green blister beetle)
  • Subgenus Poreopasta nuttalli (Nuttall's blister beetle)
  • Subgenus Poreopasta viridana

References

  1. ↑ "Lytta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. 1 2 "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. 1 2 "Lytta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. 1 2 "Browse Lytta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

Further reading

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • 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, 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. ISSN 0022-2933.
  • 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.
  • Selander, R.B. (1960). "Bionomics, systematics and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  • Selander, Richard B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. University of Illinois Press. no. 28.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Media related to Lytta at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Lytta at Wikispecies


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.