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Epicauta (Macrobasis) LeConte, 1862
Taxonomic Serial No.: 731368

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subgenus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

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	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, 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 (Macrobasis) LeConte, 1862
		Direct Children:
	Species	Epicauta alastor Skinner, 1904
	Species	Epicauta albida (Say, 1824)
	Species	Epicauta alpina Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta apicalis Dugès, 1889
	Species	Epicauta arizonica Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta atricolor Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta atripilis Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta atrivittata (LeConte, 1854)
	Species	Epicauta balli Werner, 1945
	Species	Epicauta beckeri (Dugès, 1889)
	Species	Epicauta bipunctata Werner, 1958
	Species	Epicauta borrei (Dugès, 1881)
	Species	Epicauta candezi (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta cinereiventris Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta croceicincta Dugès, 1881
	Species	Epicauta disparilis (Champion, 1892)
	Species	Epicauta distorta (Champion, 1892)
	Species	Epicauta diversicornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta dohrni (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta evanescens Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta excors (Fall, 1909)
	Species	Epicauta fabricii (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta flagellaria (Erichson, 1848)
	Species	Epicauta flavocinerea (Blatchley, 1910)
	Species	Epicauta forticornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta funesta (Chevrolat, 1834)
	Species	Epicauta gissleri (Horn, 1878)
	Species	Epicauta haroldi (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta hirsutipubescens (Maydell, 1934)
	Species	Epicauta humeralis (Dugès, 1889)
	Species	Epicauta immaculata (Say, 1824)
	Species	Epicauta ingrata Fall, 1907
	Species	Epicauta isthmica Werner, 1949
	Species	Epicauta labialis (Dugès, 1881)
	Species	Epicauta languida (Horn, 1895)
	Species	Epicauta lauta (Horn, 1885)
	Species	Epicauta leoni Dugès, 1889
	Species	Epicauta liebecki Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta linearis (LeConte, 1858)
	Species	Epicauta longicollis (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta maculifera (Maydell, 1934)
	Species	Epicauta melanochroa Wellman, 1910
	Species	Epicauta mimetica (Horn, 1875)
	Species	Epicauta murina (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta nigritibialis Werner, 1958
	Species	Epicauta niveolineata (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880)
	Species	Epicauta ochrea (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta pacifica Maydell, 1934
	Species	Epicauta parkeri Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta polingi Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta prosopidis Werner, 1973
	Species	Epicauta punctum (Dugès, 1870)
	Species	Epicauta purpurea (Horn, 1885)
	Species	Epicauta segmenta (Say, 1824)
	Species	Epicauta selanderorum Werner, 1958
	Species	Epicauta stigmata (Dugès, 1870)
	Species	Epicauta subglabra (Fall, 1922)
	Species	Epicauta sublineata (LeConte, 1854)
	Species	Epicauta tenella (LeConte, 1858)
	Species	Epicauta tenuemarginata Werner, 1958
	Species	Epicauta tenuicornis (Champion, 1892)
	Species	Epicauta tenuilineata (Horn, 1894)
	Species	Epicauta tenuis (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta terminata (Dugès, 1870)
	Species	Epicauta texana Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta torsa (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta tripartita Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta triquetra Werner, 1958
	Species	Epicauta unicalcarata Champion, 1892
	Species	Epicauta uniforma Werner, 1944
	Species	Epicauta valida (LeConte, 1853)
	Species	Epicauta virgulata (LeConte, 1866)

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	Publication(s):
	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 (Macrobasis)

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