| Lytta | |
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| Lytta aenea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Lyttini |
| Genus: | Lytta Fabricius, 1775 |
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.
Selected species
These species, and others, belong to the genus Lytta:
- 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
- ^ "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "Lytta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- "Lytta genus Information". BugGuide.net. 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. 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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