Texas Beetle Information

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Charlie Brown Blister Beetle

Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1892

Family Meloidae, Subfamily Meloinae, Tribe Cerocomini

cf. P. insulata, P. tenuicostatis

Cabeza Prieta NWR, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
August 30, 2004 (M Stangeland & K Davis)

Texas County Records for Pyrota palpalis

County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Dec. 2005

Range: Arizona to Texas, Mexico

Similar Species:

There are 40 species of Pyrota restricted to the New World, about 30 in Nearctic.

Texas Taxa:

Pyrota akhurstiana Horn
Pyrota bilineata Horn
Pyrota concinna Casey
Pyrota deceptiva Selander
Pyrota discoidea LeConte
Pyrota fasciata Selander
Pyrota insulata (LeConte)
Pyrota invita Horn
Pyrota lineata texana Dillon
Pyrota mylabrina Chevrolat
Pyrota palpalis Champion
Pyrota perversa Dillon
Pyrota plagiata (Haag-Rutenberg)
Pyrota postica LeConte
Pyrota punctata Casey
Pyrota riherdi Dillon
Pyrota tenuicostatis (Dugès)
Pyrota victoria Dillon

Type Specimen: Pyrota palpalis Champion, 1892 - Harvard, MCZ

Type Location: "Villa Lerdo, Durango" - Here?

Weblinks:

Blister Beetles - Bart Drees & John Jackman, 1999.
Blister Beetles - Chris Sansone & Allen Knutson, 2002.
Blister Beetles - Featured Creatures - Richard B. Selander & Thomas R. Fasulo, 2003.

Photos: Pyrota palpalis Champion,1885 - Stanislav Krejcik

Etymology: Pyrota palpalis Champion

pyro, (G). Fire; wheat
palp (L). Touch, feel

Biography: George Charles Champion (1851-1927) - Wikipedia

References:

Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.

Blackwelder, R. E. 1944-57. Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, The West Indies, and South America, Parts 1-6. United States National Museum, Bulletin 185. Washington, D.C. xii + 1492 pp.

Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.

Brown, W.D., R. Standford. 1992. Male mating tactics in a blister beetle (Coleoptera: Meloidae) vary with female quality. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:1652–1655.

Dillon, L.S. 1952. The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Texas. American Midland Naturalist, 48(2): 330-420.

Drees, B.M. & J. Jackman. 1999. Field Guide to Texas Insects. Taylor Trade Publishing, Lanham, MD. 376 pp.

Pinto, J.D. & M.A. Bologna. 1999. The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis. Journal of Natural History 33: 569-620.

Selander, R.B. 1982. A Revision of the Genus Pyrota. I. The mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 55(4):665-717.

Selander, R.B. 1982. A revision of the genus Pyrota. III. The Pacifica and Nobilis groups (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 108(4): 459-478.

Selander, R.B. 1983. A revision of the genus Pyrota. II. The Postica group (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 69-85.

Selander, R.B. 1983. A revision of the genus Pyrota. IV. The Tenuicostatis group (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56 (1): 1-19.