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Pyrota mutata

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

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Pyrota mutata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Pyrota
Species:
P. mutata
Binomial name
Pyrota mutata
Gemminger, 1870
Synonyms12
  • Pyrota germari
    Haldeman, 1845

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

References

References

  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

Further reading

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