Pyrota mutata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae.[3] The beetle was historically known as Pyrota germari, but this is no longer the accepted name for the species.[4]

Pyrota mutata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Pyrota
Species:
P. mutata
Binomial name
Pyrota mutata
Gemminger, 1870
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pyrota germari
    Haldeman, 1845

References

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  1. ^ Gemminger, Max; Harold, E. v. (1870). Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus [Synonymous and systematic catalog of the beetles described so far] (in Latin). Monachii, sumptu E.H. Gummi. p. 2152. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9089. OCLC 6441194.
  2. ^ Harold, E. v. (1870). Coleopterologische Hefte [Coleopterology Notebooks] (in German). Vol. 2. München, Carl Merhoff's Verlag. p. 124. OCLC 6191137.
  3. ^ "Pyrota mutata". BugGuide. Iowa State University. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ Huether, Jeffrey; Huether, Mark; Harman, Alexander (30 March 2018). "Additional distributional and biological notes on Meloidae (Coleoptera) in the U.S.A. and Mexico, with emphasis on Rhyphonemognatha rufa (LeConte, 1856)". The Pan-Pacific Entemologist. 94 (1): 33–39. doi:10.3956/2018-94.1.33. S2CID 90335492.

Further reading

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  • Staines, C.L (1983). "The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Maryland". Maryland Entemologist. 2 (3): 44. OCLC 3655707.