Lytta

Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.^[1][2][3]

Lytta auriculata

Lytta
Lytta aenea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Meloidae
Subfamily:	Meloinae
Tribe:	Lyttini
Genus:	Lytta Fabricius, 1775

Lytta vesicatoria, the Spanish fly

Selected species

These species, and others, belong to the genus Lytta:^[2][1]

• Lytta aenea Say, 1824
• Lytta aeneipennis (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta agrestis (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta arizonica Selander, 1957
• Lytta augusti Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta auriculata Horn, 1870 (red-eared blister beetle)
• Lytta battonii Kaszab, 1962
• Lytta biguttata LeConte, 1853
• Lytta bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta blaisdelli (Fall, 1909)
• Lytta boleti Marsham, 1802
• Lytta bruchi Pic, 1927
• Lytta canelas Selander, 1960
• Lytta cardinalis Chevrolat, 1834
• Lytta childi LeConte, 1857
• Lytta chloris (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta comans Selander, 1960
• Lytta corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta cribrata LeConte, 1853
• Lytta crotchi (Horn, 1874)
• Lytta crotchii (Horn, 1874)
• Lytta cyanipennis (LeConte, 1851) (green blister beetle)
• Lytta deserticola Horn, 1870
• Lytta ebenina (Dugès, 1877)
• Lytta erebea (Champion, 1892)
• Lytta erythrothorax (Herrera & Mendoza, 1867)
• Lytta eucera (Chevrolat, 1834)
• Lytta flavicollis Gyllenhal, 1817
• Lytta fulvipennis LeConte, 1853
• Lytta funerea (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta hirsuta
• Lytta hoppingi Wellman, 1912
• Lytta icterica Gyllenhal, 1817
• Lytta insperata (Horn, 1874)
• Lytta koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta lecontei Heyden, 1890
• Lytta lineola
• Lytta lugens (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta lugubris (Horn, 1873)
• Lytta magister Horn, 1870 (master blister beetle)
• Lytta manicata J.Sahlberg, 1903
• Lytta margarita (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta medvedevi Shapovalov, 2016
• Lytta melaena LeConte, 1858
• Lytta melanurus (Hope, 1831)
• Lytta michoacanae (Champion, 1892)
• Lytta mirifica Werner, 1950 (Anthony blister beetle)
• Lytta moerens (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta moesta (Horn, 1878)
• Lytta molesta (Horn, 1885)
• Lytta morosa (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta morrisoni (Horn, 1891) (Morrison's blister beetle)
• Lytta mutilata (Horn, 1875)
• Lytta navajo Werner, 1951
• Lytta nigripilis (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta nigrocyanea Van Dyke, 1929
• Lytta nitidicollis (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta nuttalli Say, 1824 (Nuttall's blister beetle)
• Lytta peninsularis (Fall, 1901)
• Lytta plumbea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta polita Say, 1824 (bronze blister beetle)
• Lytta proteus Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta puberula LeConte, 1866
• Lytta quadrimaculata (Chevrolat, 1834)
• Lytta rathvoni LeConte, 1853
• Lytta refulgens Horn, 1870
• Lytta regiszahiri Kaszab, 1958
• Lytta reticulata Say, 1824
• Lytta sanguinea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
• Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853 (Say blister beetle)
• Lytta scitula (Champion, 1892)
• Lytta scituloides Selander, 1960
• Lytta skrylniki Shapovalov, 2016
• Lytta sonorae Van Dyke, 1947
• Lytta strigata Gyllenhal, 1817
• Lytta stygica (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta sublaevis (Horn, 1868)
• Lytta tenebrosa (LeConte, 1851)
• Lytta unguicularis (LeConte, 1866)
• Lytta variabilis (Dugès, 1869)
• Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lytta viridana LeConte, 1866
• Lytta vulnerata (LeConte, 1851)
• † Lytta aesculapii Heer, 1847
• † Lytta lithophila (Wickham, 1914)

References

1. "Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
2. "Lytta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
3. "Lytta genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
• 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.
• Selander, R. B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. 28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50342. hdl:2142/27166.

External links

• Media related to Lytta at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Lytta at Wikispecies