Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.[1][2][3]
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Lyttini |
| Genus: | Lytta Fabricius, 1775 |
Selected species edit
These species, and others, belong to the genus Lytta:[2][1]
- 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 battonii Kaszab, 1962
- Lytta biguttata LeConte, 1853
- Lytta bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
- Lytta blaisdelli (Fall, 1909)
- Lytta boleti Marsham, 1802
- Lytta bruchi Pic, 1927
- 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) (green blister beetle)
- Lytta deserticola Horn, 1870
- Lytta ebenina (Dugès, 1877)
- Lytta erebea (Champion, 1892)
- Lytta erythrothorax (Herrera & Mendoza, 1867)
- Lytta eucera (Chevrolat, 1834)
- Lytta flavicollis Gyllenhal, 1817
- Lytta fulvipennis LeConte, 1853
- Lytta funerea (Fall, 1901)
- Lytta hirsuta
- Lytta hoppingi Wellman, 1912
- Lytta icterica Gyllenhal, 1817
- Lytta insperata (Horn, 1874)
- Lytta koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
- Lytta lecontei Heyden, 1890
- Lytta lineola
- Lytta lugens (LeConte, 1851)
- Lytta lugubris (Horn, 1873)
- Lytta magister Horn, 1870 (master blister beetle)
- Lytta manicata J.Sahlberg, 1903
- Lytta margarita (Fall, 1901)
- Lytta medvedevi Shapovalov, 2016
- Lytta melaena LeConte, 1858
- Lytta melanurus (Hope, 1831)
- 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 (Nuttall's blister beetle)
- 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 regiszahiri Kaszab, 1958
- 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 skrylniki Shapovalov, 2016
- Lytta sonorae Van Dyke, 1947
- Lytta strigata Gyllenhal, 1817
- 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)
- † Lytta aesculapii Heer, 1847
- † Lytta lithophila (Wickham, 1914)
References edit
- ^ a b "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ a b "Lytta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "Lytta genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
Further reading edit
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
- 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. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33..569P. doi:10.1080/002229399300254.
- Selander, R. B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. 28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50342. hdl:2142/27166.
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