Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Subfamily: | Meloinae |
| Tribe: | Pyrotini |
| Genus: | Pyrota Dejean, 1834 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "Pyrota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Browse Pyrota". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Pyrota". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Pyrota Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Further reading edit
- 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. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33..569P. 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 edit
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