Lytta

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]

Lytta
Lytta aenea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Meloinae
Tribe: Lyttini
Genus: Lytta
Fabricius, 1775
Lytta vesicatoria, the Spanish fly

Selected species

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

  1. "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  2. "Lytta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

Further reading

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


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