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Checklist of Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Blister Beetle)
for Mexico (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
698
14124
57109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
694
14107
57082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
663
13942
56498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
11105
46472
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
120
3952
19861
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
111
3638
17764
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
55
2291
10015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
18
373
1867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
21
260
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mexico
21 Genera with 260 Species
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Cissites Latreille, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Cysteodemus LeConte, 1851Desert Spider Beetles3SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1889Burning Blister Beetles128SpeciesTaxom
Eupompha LeConte, 19836SpeciesTaxom
Gnathium Kirby, 18705SpeciesTaxom
Henous Haldeman, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Hornia Riley, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Linsleya MacSwain, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Lytta Fabricius, 187036SpeciesTaxom
Megetra LeConte, 18536SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1815Oil Beetle8SpeciesTaxom
Nemognata Sturm, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Nemognatha Illiger, 195615SpeciesTaxom
Phodaga LeConte, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Pleuropasta Wellman, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozonitis Dillon, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Pyrota Dejean, 186621SpeciesTaxom
Rhyphonemognatha Enns, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Tegrodera LeConte, 1851Iron Cross Blister Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Tetraonyx Gray, 186915SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 191010SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mexico
260 Species
Cissites auriculata Champion, 1892
Cissites maculata Swederus, 1787
Cysteodemus armatus LeConte, 1851Inflated Beetle
Cysteodemus wislizeni LeConte, 1851Black Bladder-bodied Meloid
Epicauta (Epicauta) abadona Skinner, 1904Stripped epicauta
Epicauta (Epicauta) abeona Pinto, 1980
Epicauta (Epicauta) albolineata (Dugès, 1877)⇒ Epicauta brevipennis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) alphonsii G. Horn, 1874
Epicauta (Epicauta) apache Pinto, 1980
Epicauta (Epicauta) aspera Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) auricomans Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) basimacula Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) brevipennis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) brunnea Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) callosa LeConte, 1866
Epicauta (Epicauta) candidata Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) cardui Dugès, 1869
Epicauta (Epicauta) carmelita Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) castadiva Pinto, 1991
Epicauta (Epicauta) cazieri Dillon, 1952
Epicauta (Epicauta) cinctipennis Chevrolat, 1834
Epicauta (Epicauta) cinerea (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Epicauta horni Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) compressicollis (Champion, 1892)⇒ Epicauta lauta G. Horn, 1885
Epicauta (Epicauta) conferta Say, 1824
Epicauta (Epicauta) corvina LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Epicauta (Epicauta) costata LeConte, 1854
Epicauta (Epicauta) crassitarsis Maydell, 1935
Epicauta (Epicauta) cupraeola Dugès, 1869
Epicauta (Epicauta) curvicornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) delicata Mathieu, 1983
Epicauta (Epicauta) diana Pinto, 1991
Epicauta (Epicauta) emarginata Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) fumosa Germar, 1824
Epicauta (Epicauta) funebris (G. Horn, 1873)⇒ Epicauta nigra Dugès, 1870
Epicauta (Epicauta) hubbelli Werner, 1973
Epicauta (Epicauta) jimenezi Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Epicauta) laevicornis Werner, 1973
Epicauta (Epicauta) lemniscata Fabricius, 1801Three-striped blister beetle
Epicauta (Epicauta) leucocoma Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) maculata Say, 1824Fawn Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) major Pic, 1924
Epicauta (Epicauta) mixta Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Epicauta) modesta Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) neglecta Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) nigra Dugès, 1870
Epicauta (Epicauta) nigritarsis (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Epicauta stigmata Dugès, 1869
Epicauta (Epicauta) normalis Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) obesa (Chevrolat, 1835)⇒ Epicauta curvicornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Epicauta) ocellata Dugès, 1869Atlantic bird squid
Epicauta (Epicauta) pardalis LeConte, 1866Panther blister beetle
Epicauta (Epicauta) pedalis LeConte, 1866
Epicauta (Epicauta) pennsylvanica (De Geer, 1775)⇒ Epicauta pensylvanica De Geer, 1775
Epicauta (Epicauta) pensylvanica De Geer, 1775Black blister beetle
Epicauta (Epicauta) puncticollis Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Epicauta (Epicauta) rileyi G. Horn, 1874
Epicauta (Epicauta) rufipedes Dugès, 1870
Epicauta (Epicauta) rufipennis Chevrolet, 1834
Epicauta (Epicauta) sanctoruensis Zaragoza-Cab..., 2003
Epicauta (Epicauta) sericans LeConte, 1866
Epicauta (Epicauta) singularis Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) subatra Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Epicauta) subrubra Dugès, 1886
Epicauta (Epicauta) tamara Adams & Sela..., 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) tarasca Pinto, 1991
Epicauta (Epicauta) temexa Adams & Sela..., 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) tenebrosa Werner, 1949
Epicauta (Epicauta) teresa Mathieu, 1983California Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) tibialis Waterhouse, 1871Arroyo Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) tricostata Werner, 1943
Epicauta (Epicauta) unilineata Champion, 1891
Epicauta (Epicauta) vittata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Epicauta lemniscata Fabricius, 1801
Epicauta (Epicauta) waterhousei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880Turquoise-tipped Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) zebra Dohrn, 1876
Epicauta (Macrobasis) alastor Skinner, 1904
Epicauta (Macrobasis) albida Say, 1824
Epicauta (Macrobasis) apicalis Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Macrobasis) arizonica Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Macrobasis) atricolor Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) atripilis Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) atrivittata LeConte, 1854
Epicauta (Macrobasis) beckeri Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Macrobasis) bipunctata Werner, 1958
Epicauta (Macrobasis) borrei (Dugès, 1881)⇒ Epicauta fumosa Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) candezi (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)⇒ Epicauta diversicornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) cinereiventris Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) croceicincta Dugès, 1881
Epicauta (Macrobasis) disparilis Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) diversicornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) evanescens Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) excors Fall, 1909Persephone´s Darner
Epicauta (Macrobasis) fabricii LeConte, 1853Ash-grey blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) forticornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) fumosa Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Epicauta (Macrobasis) funesta Chevrolat, 1834
Epicauta (Macrobasis) gissleri G. Horn, 1878
Epicauta (Macrobasis) hirsutipubescens Maydell, 1934
Epicauta (Macrobasis) humeralis Dugès, 1889Comet Darner
Epicauta (Macrobasis) immaculata Say, 1824Immaculate blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) ingrata Fall, 1907
Epicauta (Macrobasis) labialis Dugès, 1881
Epicauta (Macrobasis) languida G. Horn, 1895Rusty green fishlouse
Epicauta (Macrobasis) lauta G. Horn, 1885
Epicauta (Macrobasis) leoni Dugès, 1889
Epicauta (Macrobasis) liebecki Werner, 1944Ocellated Darner
Epicauta (Macrobasis) longicollis LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Macrobasis) megacephala Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) murina LeConte, 1853Dark blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) nigritibialis Werner, 1958
Epicauta (Macrobasis) niveolineata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)⇒ Synchita nivea Sharp, 1885
Epicauta (Macrobasis) ochrea LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Macrobasis) pacifica Maydell, 1934
Epicauta (Macrobasis) polingi Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Macrobasis) prosopidis Werner, 1973
Epicauta (Macrobasis) punctum Dugès, 1869Atlantic bird squid
Epicauta (Macrobasis) purpurea G. Horn, 1885
Epicauta (Macrobasis) segmenta Say, 1823
Epicauta (Macrobasis) selanderorum Werner, 1958
Epicauta (Macrobasis) stigmata Dugès, 1869Atlantic bird squid
Epicauta (Macrobasis) sublineata LeConte, 1854
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenella LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenuemarginata Werner, 1958
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenuicornis Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenuilineata G. Horn, 1894
Epicauta (Macrobasis) terminata Dugès, 1869Atlantic bird squid
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tripartita Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) triquetra Werner, 1958
Epicauta (Macrobasis) unicalcarata Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Macrobasis) uniforma Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Macrobasis) virgulata LeConte, 1866
Epicauta cora Garcia-Paris..., 2013
Epicauta potosina Dugès, 1889
Eupompha elegans LeConte, 1851Elegant Blister Beetle
Eupompha fissiceps LeConte, 1858
Eupompha sulcifrons Champion, 1890
Eupompha terminalis Selander, 1957
Eupompha vizcaina Pinto, 1983
Gnathium californicum Wickham, 1905
Gnathium minimum Say, 1824
Gnathium murrayorum Pinto, 2009
Gnathium nitidum G. Horn, 1870
Henous cardui (Dugès, 1869)⇒ Epicauta cardui Dugès, 1869
Hornia mexicana Dugès, 1889
Linsleya (Linsleya) suavissima Wellman, 1910
Lytta (Adicolytta) cardinalis Chevrolat, 1833
Lytta (Adicolytta) erebea Champion, 1892
Lytta (Adicolytta) erythrothorax Mendoza y He..., 1866
Lytta (Adicolytta) eucera Chevrolat, 1834
Lytta (Adicolytta) mutilata G. Horn, 1875
Lytta (Adicolytta) peninsularis Fall, 1901
Lytta (Adicolytta) sanguinea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Lytta) atrovirens Dugès, 1886
Lytta (Lytta) caraganae Pallas, 1781
Lytta (Lytta) cyanescens Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Lytta) intricata Champion, 1892
Lytta (Lytta) seitula Champion, 1892
Lytta (Lytta) signaticollis Champion, 1892
Lytta (Lytta) subviolacea Champion, 1892
Lytta (Paralytta) biguttata LeConte, 1853
Lytta (Paralytta) bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Paralytta) corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Paralytta) cribrata LeConte, 1853
Lytta (Paralytta) ebenina Dugès, 1877
Lytta (Paralytta) incompta Pinto, 1985
Lytta (Paralytta) koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Paralytta) magister Horn, 1870Desert blister beetle
Lytta (Paralytta) margarita Fall, 1901
Lytta (Paralytta) melaena LeConte, 1858
Lytta (Paralytta) michoacanae Champion, 1892
Lytta (Paralytta) mirifica Werner, 1951
Lytta (Paralytta) nitidicollis LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Paralytta) plumbea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Paralytta) proteus Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta (Paralytta) quadrimaculata Chevrolat, 1834
Lytta (Paralytta) scituloides Selander, 1960
Lytta (Paralytta) variabilis Dugès, 1869
Lytta (Paralytta) vulnerata LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Phompodea) aenea Say, 1824Blister Beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) auriculata G. Horn, 1870Red-eared Blister Beetle
Megetra cancellata Brandt & Eri..., 1832Black and Red Blister Beetle
Megetra cancellatus Brandt & Eri..., 1832
Megetra punctata Selander, 1965
Megetra vittata LeConte, 1853
Megetra vittatus LeConte, 1853
Meloe (Eurymeloe) gracillicornis Champion, 1891
Meloe (Eurymeloe) servulus Bates, 1879
Meloe (Meloe) americanus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Meloe impressa Kirby, 1837
Meloe (Meloe) angusticollis (Say, 1824)⇒ Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802
Meloe (Meloe) dugesi Champion, 1891
Meloe (Meloe) impressus Kirby, 1837
Meloe (Meloe) nebulosus Pinto, 1970
Meloe (Treiodous) laevis (Leach, 1815)⇒ Promethis laevis Fairmaire, 1896
Nemognata rufa Dugès, 1889
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) lurida LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) lutea LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) atra (Dugès, 1889)⇒ Nemognatha beauregardi Pic, 1910
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) beauregardi Pic, 1910
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) brevicollis Champion, 1892
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) flava Dugès, 1889
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) foveifrons Champion, 1892
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) immaculata (Say, 1817)⇒ Zonitis sayi Wickham, 1905
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) piazata Fabricius, 1798
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) scutellaroides Wellman, 1910
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) tarasca (Dugès, 1889)⇒ Zonitis tarasca Dugès, 1888
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) zonitoides Dugès, 1877
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) nigripennis LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Pronemognatha) selanderi Enns, 1956
Phodaga alticeps LeConte, 1858
Phodaga marmorata Casey, 1891
Phodaga marmoratus Casey, 1891
Pleuropasta mirabilis G. Horn, 1870
Pleuropasta reticulata Van Dyke, 1947
Pseudozonitis brevis Enns, 1956
Pseudozonitis vaurieae Enns, 1956
Pyrota akhurstiana G. Horn, 1891
Pyrota bilineata G. Horn, 1885
Pyrota concinna Casey, 1891
Pyrota deceptiva Selander, 1963
Pyrota discoidea LeConte, 1853
Pyrota divirgata Villada & Pe..., 1867
Pyrota dubitalis G. Horn, 1885
Pyrota fasciata Selander, 1963
Pyrota hirticollis (Champion, 1892)⇒ Pyrota tenuicostatis Dugès, 1877
Pyrota insulata LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Pyrota invita G. Horn, 1885
Pyrota mariarum (Champion, 1892)⇒ Pyrota tenuicostatis Dugès, 1877
Pyrota mylabrina Chevrolat, 1834
Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1885Charlie Brown Blister Beetle
Pyrota plagiata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)⇒ Pyrota postica LeConte, 1866
Pyrota postica LeConte, 1866
Pyrota punctata Casey, 1891
Pyrota quadrinervata Herrera & Me..., 1866
Pyrota rugulipennis Champion, 1892
Pyrota tenuicostatis Dugès, 1877Red-margined Blister Beetle
Pyrota terminata (LeConte, 1866)⇒ Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1885
Rhyphonemognatha rufa LeConte, 1854
Tegrodera aloga Skinner, 1903Iron Cross Blister Beetle
Tegrodera erosa LeConte, 1851
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) angulicollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) batesi Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) bipartita Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) decipiens Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) dubiosa G. Horn, 1894
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) femoralis (Dugès, 1969)⇒ Tetraonyx frontalis Chevrolat, 1834
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) frontalis Chevrolat, 1834
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) fulva LeConte, 1853
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) maculata Castelnau, 1840
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) octomaculata Latreille, 1805
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) sallei Haag-Rutenberg, 1879
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) sexguttata Olivier, 1795
Tetraonyx ochraceoguttatus Dugès, 1881
Tetraonyx rufus Dugès, 1869
Zonitis (Parazonitis) sayi Wickham, 1905
Zonitis (Parazonitis) tarasca Dugès, 1888
Zonitis (Zonitis) flavicollis Dugès, 1881
Zonitis (Zonitis) flohri Dugès, 1889
Zonitis (Zonitis) nigromaculata Dugès, 1889
Zonitis (Zonitis) ploribunda Wellman, 1910
Zonitis (Zonitis) tarasca Dugès, 1888
Zonitis (Zonitis) tenebrosa Champion, 1892
Zonitis (Zonitis) xanthochroa Wellman, 1910

Subnodes of Meloidae with occurrences in Mexico
SubfamilyMeloinae
Gyllenhal, 1810
12
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNemognathinae
Laporte, 1840
7
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTetraonycinae
Bøving & Craighead, 1931
1
14
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)
Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)


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