Epicauta funebris

Marginated Blister beetle ( Epicauta funebris )
Epicauta funebris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Epicautini
Genus: Epicauta
Species:

Name

Epicauta funebris Horn, 1873

Distribution

North America (primarily United States and Mexico).

Description

A species of blister beetle characterized by a slender black body with soft elytra. Adults are phytophagous (feed on plants), while larvae are typically parasitic on grasshopper eggs.

References

  • Horn, G.H. 1873. Synonymical notes and descriptions of new species of North American Coleoptera. *Transactions of the American Entomological Society* 5: 126–156. [Original description]
  • Pinto, J.D. 1991. The taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with a revision of the nominate subgenus. *University of California Publications in Entomology* 110: 1–372.
  • BugGuide: Epicauta funebris
  • GBIF: Epicauta funebris

Vernacular names

  • English: Black blister beetle or Marginated Blister beetle
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