Lytta
| Lytta | |
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| Lytta aenea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Tribe: | Lyttini |
| Genus: | Lytta Fabricius, 1775 |
Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 70 described species in Lytta.[1][2][3][4]
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
- ^ "Lytta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b "Lytta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b "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. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - 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. CRC Press. pp. 522–529. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - 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. no. 28. University of Illinois Press.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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