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Epicauta (Epicauta) Dejean, 1834
Taxonomic Serial No.: 731367

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subgenus
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	Current Standing:	valid

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	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artr�pode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ail�s, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, col�opt�res, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Cucujiformia Lameere, 1938
	Superfamily	Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802
	Family	Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 – blister beetles
	Subfamily	Meloinae Gyllenhal, 1810
	Tribe	Epicautini Denier, 1935
	Genus	Epicauta Dejean, 1834
	Subgenus	Epicauta (Epicauta) Dejean, 1834
		Direct Children:
	Species	Epicauta abadona Skinner, 1904
	Species	Epicauta abeona Pinto, 1980
	Species	Epicauta afoveata Werner, 1949
	Species	Epicauta albolineata (Dug�s, 1877)
	Species	Epicauta alphonsii Horn, 1874
	Species	Epicauta andersoni Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta apache Pinto, 1980
	Species	Epicauta aspera Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta atrata (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Epicauta atropos Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta basimacula (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta batesii Horn, 1875
	Species	Epicauta bispinosa Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta brunnea Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta callosa LeConte, 1866
	Species	Epicauta candidata Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta cardui (Dug�s, 1869)
	Species	Epicauta carmelita (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta castadiva Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta caustica Rojas, 1857
	Species	Epicauta caviceps Horn, 1873
	Species	Epicauta cazieri Dillon, 1952
	Species	Epicauta cicatrix Werner, 1951
	Species	Epicauta cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1834)
	Species	Epicauta cinerea (Forster, 1771)
	Species	Epicauta conferta (Say, 1824)
	Species	Epicauta corvina (LeConte, 1858)
	Species	Epicauta corybantica Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta costata (LeConte, 1854)
	Species	Epicauta crassitarsis Maydell, 1935
	Species	Epicauta cupraeola (Dug�s, 1869)
	Species	Epicauta curvicornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta delicata Mathieu, 1983
	Species	Epicauta diana Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta diversipubescens Maydell, 1934
	Species	Epicauta emarginata Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta ennsi Werner, 1957
	Species	Epicauta excavatifrons Maydell, 1934
	Species	Epicauta fallax Horn, 1885
	Species	Epicauta ferruginea (Say, 1824)
	Species	Epicauta flobcina Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta floridensis Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta fortis Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta funebris Horn, 1873
	Species	Epicauta heterodera Horn, 1891
	Species	Epicauta horni Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta hubbelli Werner, 1973
	Species	Epicauta impressifrons Van Dyke, 1928
	Species	Epicauta insueta Werner, 1955
	Species	Epicauta jeffersi Pinto, 1980
	Species	Epicauta jimenezi Dug�s, 1889
	Species	Epicauta kansana Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta laevicornis Werner, 1973
	Species	Epicauta leucocoma Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta maculata (Say, 1823)
	Species	Epicauta magnomaculata Martin, 1932
	Species	Epicauta major Pic, 1924
	Species	Epicauta mexicana (Dug�s, 1889)
	Species	Epicauta mixta Dug�s, 1889
	Species	Epicauta modesta (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta montara Ballmer, 1980
	Species	Epicauta nigerrima (Dug�s, 1870)
	Species	Epicauta nigritarsis (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta normalis Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta obesa (Chevrolat, 1835)
	Species	Epicauta occidentalis Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta occipitalis Werner, 1949
	Species	Epicauta ocellata (Dug�s, 1870)
	Species	Epicauta oregona Horn, 1875
	Species	Epicauta pardalis LeConte, 1866
	Species	Epicauta parvula (Haldeman, 1852)
	Species	Epicauta pedalis LeConte, 1866
	Species	Epicauta pensylvanica (De Geer, 1775)
	Species	Epicauta phoenix Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta proscripta Pinto, 1980
	Species	Epicauta pruinosa LeConte, 1866
	Species	Epicauta puncticollis Mannerheim, 1843
	Species	Epicauta punctipennis Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta rehni Maydell, 1934
	Species	Epicauta rileyi Horn, 1874
	Species	Epicauta rufipennis (Chevrolat, 1834)
	Species	Epicauta sanguinicollis (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta senilis Werner, 1949
	Species	Epicauta sericans LeConte, 1866
	Species	Epicauta singularis Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta straba Horn, 1891
	Species	Epicauta strigosa (Gyllenhal, 1817)
	Species	Epicauta stuarti LeConte, 1868
	Species	Epicauta subatra Dug�s, 1889
	Species	Epicauta tamara Adams and Selander, 1979
	Species	Epicauta tarasca Pinto, 1991
	Species	Epicauta temexa Adams and Selander, 1979
	Species	Epicauta tenebrosa Werner, 1949
	Species	Epicauta teresa Mathieu, 1983
	Species	Epicauta tricostata (Werner, 1943)
	Species	Epicauta unilineata Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta ventralis Werner, 1945
	Species	Epicauta vittata (Fabricius, 1775) – old-fashioned potato beetle, m�lo� ray�, striped blister beetle
	Species	Epicauta vitticollis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta wheeleri Horn, 1873

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	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Pinto, John D.
	Publication Date:	1991
	Article/Chapter Title:	The Taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with a Revision of the Nominate Subgenus and a Survey of Courtship Behavior
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	University of California Publications in Entomology, vol. 110
	Page(s):	x + 372
	Publisher:	University of California Press
	Publication Place:	Berkeley, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-520-09764-5
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	Reference for:	Epicauta (Epicauta)

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