Pyrota

Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.[1][2][3][4]

Pyrota

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Meloidae
Subfamily:	Meloinae
Tribe:	Pyrotini
Genus:	Pyrota Dejean, 1834

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Pyrota:

Pyrota akhurstiana Horn, 1891^{i c g b}
Pyrota bilineata Horn, 1885^{i c g b}
Pyrota centenaria Breyer & Trant, 1910^{i c g b}
Pyrota concinna Casey, 1891^{i c g b}
Pyrota deceptiva Selander, 1963^{i c g b}
Pyrota discoidea LeConte, 1853^{i c g b}
Pyrota engelmanni LeConte, 1847^{i c g b}
Pyrota fasciata Selander, 1963^{i c g b}
Pyrota hirticollis Champion, 1891^{i c g}
Pyrota insulata (LeConte, 1858)^{i c g b} (yellow-crescent blister beetle)
Pyrota invita Horn, 1885^{i c g b}
Pyrota lineata (Olivier, 1795)^b
Pyrota mariarum Champion, 1891^{i c g}
Pyrota mutata^b
Pyrota mylabrina Chevrolat, 1834^{i c g b}
Pyrota nigra Selander, 1983^{i c g}
Pyrota nigrovittata^b
Pyrota nobilis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)^{i c g}
Pyrota obliquefascia Schaeffer, 1908^b
Pyrota pacifica Selander, 1982^{i c g}
Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1891^{i c g b} (Charlie Brown blister beetle)
Pyrota perversa Dillon, 1952^{i c g b}
Pyrota plagiata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)^{i c g b}
Pyrota postica LeConte, 1858^{i c g b}
Pyrota punctata Casey, 1891^{i c g b}
Pyrota quadrinervata (Herrera and Mendoza, 1866)^{i c g}
Pyrota rugulipennis Champion, 1891^{i c g}
Pyrota sinuata (Olivier, 1795)^{i c g b}
Pyrota tenuicostatis (Dugès, 1869)^{i c g b} (red-margined blister beetle)
Pyrota terrestris Selander, 1963^{i c g}
Pyrota trochanterica Horn, 1894^b
Pyrota victoria Dillon, 1952^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

"Pyrota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Browse Pyrota". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Pyrota". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Pyrota Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading

Selander, Richard B. (1983). "A revision of the genus Pyrota. II. The postica group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 85 (1): 69–85. ISSN 0013-8797.
Selander, Richard B. (1982). "A Revision of the Genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 55 (4): 665–717. JSTOR 25084349.
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.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.

External links

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