Pyrota

Pyrota is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pyrota.

Pyrota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Meloidae
Subfamily:	Meloinae
Tribe:	Pyrotini
Genus:	Pyrota Dejean, 1834

Species

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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• 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

• Media related to Pyrota at Wikimedia Commons