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Eupompha fissiceps

Eupompha fissiceps is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is commonly called the cleft-headed blister beetle. It is found in Central America and North America.

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Cleft-headed Blister Beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Eupompha
Species:
E. fissiceps
Binomial name
Eupompha fissiceps
LeConte, 1858

Eupompha fissiceps is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is commonly called the cleft-headed blister beetle.12 It is found in Central America and North America.345

References

References

  1. "Cleft-headed Blister Beetle (Eupompha fissiceps)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. "Cleft-headed Blister Beetle - Eupompha fissiceps". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. "Eupompha fissiceps Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. "Eupompha fissiceps". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Pinto, John D. (1979). "A classification of the genus Eupompha (Coleoptera: Meloidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 105 (3): 391–459. JSTOR 25078243.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.