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Checklist for Family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Blister Beetle)
and region West USA (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
739
14833
62018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
479
12088
52316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
132
3828
14947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
120
3497
12711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
62
2158
7151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tenebrionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles, Fungus, Fungus Beetles
22
436
1672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMeloidae
Gyllenhal, 1810
Blister Beetle, Blister beetles, Oil beetles
22
207
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West USA
22 Genera with 207 Species
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Cordylospasta Horn, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Cysteodemus LeConte, 1851Desert Spider Beetles2SpeciesTaxom
Epicauta Dejean, 1965Burning Blister Beetles58SpeciesTaxom
Eupompha LeConte, 188310SpeciesTaxom
Gnathium Kirby, 19528SpeciesTaxom
Hycleus Latreille, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Linsleya MacSwain, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Lytta Fabricius, 191453SpeciesTaxom
Megetra LeConte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Meloe Linnaeus, 1861Oil Beetle16SpeciesTaxom
Nemognatha Illiger, 191220SpeciesTaxom
Phodaga LeConte, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Pleuropasta Wellman, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pleurospasta Van Dyke, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozonitis Dillon, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Pyrota Dejean, 18949SpeciesTaxom
Tegrodera LeConte, 1891Iron Cross Blister Beetle3SpeciesTaxom
Teratolytta Semenov, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Tetraonyx Gray, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Tricrania LeConte, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Zonitis Fabricius, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Zonitomorpha Péringuey, 19081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
207 Species
Cordylospasta fulleri G. Horn, 1875
Cordylospasta opaca G. Horn, 1868
Cysteodemus armatus LeConte, 1851Inflated Beetle
Cysteodemus wislizeni LeConte, 1851Black Bladder-bodied Meloid
Epicauta (Epicauta) afoveata Werner, 1949
Epicauta (Epicauta) alphonsii G. Horn, 1874
Epicauta (Epicauta) andersoni Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) aspera Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) bispinosa Werner, 1949
Epicauta (Epicauta) callosa LeConte, 1866
Epicauta (Epicauta) caviceps G. Horn, 1873Ortiga
Epicauta (Epicauta) chalybea Erichson, 1843
Epicauta (Epicauta) cinerea (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Epicauta horni Champion, 1892
Epicauta (Epicauta) conferta Say, 1824
Epicauta (Epicauta) corvina LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Epicauta (Epicauta) corybantica Pinto, 1991
Epicauta (Epicauta) costata LeConte, 1854
Epicauta (Epicauta) fallax G. Horn, 1885
Epicauta (Epicauta) ferruginea Say, 1824Zigzag Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) fortis Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) impressifrons Van Dyke, 1928Duck barnacle
Epicauta (Epicauta) jeffersi Pinto, 1980
Epicauta (Epicauta) kansana Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) levettei Casey, 1891
Epicauta (Epicauta) maculata Say, 1824Fawn Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) maura (LeConte, 1851)⇒ Epicauta alphonsii G. Horn, 1874
Epicauta (Epicauta) montara Ballmer, 1979
Epicauta (Epicauta) normalis Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) oblita (LeConte, 1851)⇒ Epicauta puncticollis Mannerheim, 1843
Epicauta (Epicauta) occidentalis Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Epicauta) oregona G. Horn, 1875
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) pruinosa LeConte, 1866Bar-sided Darner
Epicauta (Epicauta) puncticollis Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Epicauta (Epicauta) sanguinicollis LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Epicauta) sericans LeConte, 1866
Epicauta (Epicauta) straba G. Horn, 1891
Epicauta (Epicauta) stuarti LeConte, 1868Orinoco jute
Epicauta (Epicauta) ventralis Werner, 1945
Epicauta (Epicauta) vittata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Epicauta lemniscata Fabricius, 1801
Epicauta (Epicauta) wheeleri G. Horn, 1873Ortiga
Epicauta (Macrobasis) albida Say, 1824
Epicauta (Macrobasis) arizonica Werner, 1944
Epicauta (Macrobasis) balli Werner, 1945
Epicauta (Macrobasis) excors Fall, 1909Persephone´s Darner
Epicauta (Macrobasis) fabricii LeConte, 1853Ash-grey blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) immaculata Say, 1824Immaculate blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) lauta G. Horn, 1885
Epicauta (Macrobasis) murina LeConte, 1853Dark blister beetle
Epicauta (Macrobasis) ochrea LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Macrobasis) segmenta Say, 1823
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenella LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenuilineata G. Horn, 1894
Epicauta (Macrobasis) tenuis LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Macrobasis) valida LeConte, 1853
Epicauta (Macrobasis) virgulata LeConte, 1866
Epicauta barberi
Epicauta subneglecta H. F. Wickham, 1914
Epicauta werneri (Hatch, 1965)⇒ Epicauta pruinosa LeConte, 1866
Eupompha decolorata G. Horn, 1894
Eupompha edmundsi Selander, 1953
Eupompha elegans LeConte, 1851Elegant Blister Beetle
Eupompha fulleri G. Horn, 1878
Eupompha histrionica G. Horn, 1891
Eupompha imperialis Wellman, 1912
Eupompha nemognathoides G. Horn, 1870
Eupompha perpulchra G. Horn, 1870
Eupompha schwarzi Wellman, 1909
Eupompha viridis G. Horn, 1883Puget oregonian
Gnathium aetatis S. H. Scudder, 1900
Gnathium californicum Wickham, 1905
Gnathium caviceps MacSwain, 1952
Gnathium francilloni Kirby, 1818
Gnathium kanei Pinto, 2009
Gnathium minimum Say, 1824
Gnathium nitidum G. Horn, 1870
Gnathium vandykei MacSwain, 1952
Hycleus polymorphus Pallas, 1771
Linsleya (Linsleya) californica Selander, 1955
Linsleya (Linsleya) compressicornis G. Horn, 1870
Linsleya (Linsleya) infidelis Fall, 1901
Linsleya (Linsleyina) sphaericollis Say, 1824Ash blister beetle
Lytta (Adicolytta) cardinalis Chevrolat, 1833
Lytta (Adicolytta) mutilata G. Horn, 1875
Lytta (Lytta) arborea (Wellman, 1912)⇒ Lytta stygica LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Lytta) chalybea (LeConte, 1851)⇒ Epicauta chalybea Erichson, 1843
Lytta (Lytta) childii LeConte, 1857
Lytta (Lytta) difficilis Fall, 1901
Lytta (Lytta) incommoda G. Horn, 1882
Lytta (Lytta) nunenmacheri (Wellman, 1912)⇒ Lytta moerens LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Lytta) pururascens Fall, 1901
Lytta (Lytta) stolida Fall, 1901
Lytta (Lytta) ulkei Beauregard, 1889
Lytta (Paralytta) agrestis Fall, 1901
Lytta (Paralytta) arizonica Selander, 1957
Lytta (Paralytta) biguttata LeConte, 1853
Lytta (Paralytta) blaisdelli Fall, 1909
Lytta (Paralytta) deserticola G. Horn, 1870
Lytta (Paralytta) funerea Fall, 1901
Lytta (Paralytta) magister Horn, 1870Desert blister beetle
Lytta (Paralytta) moesta G. Horn, 1878
Lytta (Paralytta) morosa Fall, 1901
Lytta (Paralytta) morrisoni G. Horn, 1891Morrison´s Blister Beetle
Lytta (Paralytta) nitidicollis LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Paralytta) puberula LeConte, 1866
Lytta (Paralytta) quadrimaculata Chevrolat, 1834
Lytta (Paralytta) reticulata Say, 1824
Lytta (Paralytta) tenebrosa LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Paralytta) vulnerata LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Phompodea) aenea Say, 1824Blister Beetle
Lytta (Phompodea) polita Say, 1824Bronze Blister Beetle
Lytta (Phompodea) sayi LeConte, 1853Say blister beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) aeneipennis LeConte, 1851Blister Beetle: L. aeneipennis
Lytta (Poreopasta) auriculata G. Horn, 1870Red-eared Blister Beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) childi LeConte, 1857
Lytta (Poreopasta) chloris Fall, 1901
Lytta (Poreopasta) comans Selander, 1960
Lytta (Poreopasta) crotchi Horn, 1874
Lytta (Poreopasta) crotchii G. Horn, 1874
Lytta (Poreopasta) cyanipennis LeConte, 1851Green Blister Beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) hoppingi Wellman, 1912
Lytta (Poreopasta) insperata G. Horn, 1874Large black blister beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) lugens LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Poreopasta) moerens LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Poreopasta) molesta G. Horn, 1885
Lytta (Poreopasta) navajo Werner, 1951
Lytta (Poreopasta) nigripilis Fall, 1901
Lytta (Poreopasta) nigrocyanea Van Dyke, 1929Solidstem burnet saxifrage
Lytta (Poreopasta) nuttalli Say, 1824Blister beetle
Lytta (Poreopasta) rathvoni LeConte, 1853
Lytta (Poreopasta) refulgens G. Horn, 1870
Lytta (Poreopasta) stygica LeConte, 1851
Lytta (Poreopasta) sublaevis G. Horn, 1868
Lytta (Poreopasta) viridana LeConte, 1866
Lytta lithophila Wickham, 1914
Megetra vittata LeConte, 1853
Meloe (Eurymeloe) aleuticus Borchmann, 1942
Meloe (Meloe) angusticollis (Say, 1824)⇒ Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802
Meloe (Meloe) bitoricollis Pinto & Sela..., 1970
Meloe (Meloe) dianella Pinto & Sela..., 1970
Meloe (Meloe) franciscanus Van Dyke, 1928Duck barnacle
Meloe (Meloe) impressus Kirby, 1837
Meloe (Meloe) montanus LeConte, 1866
Meloe (Meloe) niger (Kirby, 1837)⇒ Meloe impressa Kirby, 1837
Meloe (Meloe) occultus Pinto & Sela..., 1970
Meloe (Meloe) strigulosus Mannerheim, 1852
Meloe (Meloe) vandykei Pinto & Sela..., 1970
Meloe (Treiodous) afer (Bland, 1864)⇒ Oenas afer Linnaeus, 1767
Meloe (Treiodous) ajax Pinto, 1998
Meloe (Treiodous) barbarus LeConte, 1861
Meloe (Treiodous) laevis (Leach, 1815)⇒ Promethis laevis Fairmaire, 1896
Meloe (Treiodous) opacus LeConte, 1861
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) bridwelli Wellman, 1912
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) curta Enns, 1956
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) hurdi MacSwain, 1951
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) lurida LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) lutea LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) nitidula Enns, 1956
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) pallens (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Nemognatha lutea LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Meganemognatha) soror MacSwain, 1951
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) apicalis (LeConte, 1853)⇒ Nemognatha lurida LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) dichroa LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) dubia LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Nemognatha) piazata Fabricius, 1798
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) capillaris Enns, 1956
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) cribraria LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) nigripennis LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) punctulata LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Pauronemognatha) scutellaris LeConte, 1853
Nemognatha (Pronemognatha) cantharidis MacSwain, 1951
Nemognatha (Pronemognatha) sparsa LeConte, 1868Orinoco jute
Nemognatha exsecta H. F. Wickham, 1912
Phodaga alticeps LeConte, 1858
Phodaga marmorata Casey, 1891
Pleuropasta mirabilis G. Horn, 1870
Pleurospasta mirabilis
Pseudozonitis arizonica Van Dyke, 1929
Pseudozonitis maculicollis MacSwain, 1951
Pseudozonitis vaurieae Enns, 1956
Pseudozonitis vigilans Fall, 1907
Pseudozonitis vittipennis G. Horn, 1875
Pyrota bilineata G. Horn, 1885
Pyrota concinna Casey, 1891
Pyrota discoidea LeConte, 1853
Pyrota engelmanni LeConte, 1851
Pyrota insulata LeConte, 1858Berg-salmon gill worm
Pyrota mylabrina Chevrolat, 1834
Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1885Charlie Brown Blister Beetle
Pyrota postica LeConte, 1866
Pyrota trochanterica G. Horn, 1894
Tegrodera aloga Skinner, 1903Iron Cross Blister Beetle
Tegrodera erosa LeConte, 1851
Tegrodera latecincta G. Horn, 1891Iron Cross Blister Beetle
Teratolytta dives Brullé, 1832
Tetraonyx (Tetraonyx) minuscula Wickham, 1914
Tricrania murrayi LeConte, 1860
Tricrania stansburyi Haldeman, 1852
Zonitis (Neozonitis) atripennis (Say, 1823)⇒ Zonitis glasunowi Semenov, 1893
Zonitis (Neozonitis) bilineata Say, 1817Kudzu
Zonitis (Neozonitis) vermiculata Schaeffer, 1905
Zonitis (Parazonitis) punctipennis LeConte, 1880
Zonitis (Parazonitis) sayi Wickham, 1905
Zonitis (Zonitis) vermiculatus Schaeffer, 1905
Zonitomorpha prionocera Wellman, 1908

Subnodes of Meloidae with occurrences in West USA
SubfamilyMeloinae
Gyllenhal, 1810
15
164
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNemognathinae
Laporte, 1840
6
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetraonycinae
Bøving & Craighead, 1931
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)
Meloidae (Gyllenhal 1810)


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