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Epicauta
Epicauta is a genus of beetles in the blister beetle family, Meloidae. The genus was first scientifically described in 1834 by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean. Epicauta is distributed nearly worldwide, with species native to all continents except Australia. Surveys have found the genus to be particularly diverse in northern Arizona in the United States. Few species occur in the Arctic, with none farther north than the southern Northwest Territory of Canada.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Epicauta cinerea
complexEpicauta cinerea
Epicauta sericans
complexEpicauta sericans
Epicauta hirticornis
speciesEpicauta hirticornis
Epicauta vittata
complexEpicauta vittata
Maculata Group
complexEpicauta maculata
Red-legged Blister Beetle
speciesEpicauta nigritarsis
Red-cornered Blister Beetle
speciesEpicauta conferta
Epicauta rufidorsum
speciesEpicauta rufidorsum
Epicauta mannerheimi
speciesEpicauta mannerheimi
Epicauta waterhousei
speciesEpicauta waterhousei
Epicauta curvicornis
speciesEpicauta curvicornis
Orange-necked Blister Beetle
speciesEpicauta wheeleri
Epicauta pilme
speciesEpicauta pilme
Epicauta sibirica
speciesEpicauta sibirica
Epicauta tibialis
speciesEpicauta tibialis
Four-ribbed Blister Beetle
speciesEpicauta costata
Epicauta corvina
speciesEpicauta corvina
Epicauta erythrocephala
speciesEpicauta erythrocephala
Epicauta cinctipennis
speciesEpicauta cinctipennis
Epicauta suturalis
speciesEpicauta suturalis
Epicauta straba
speciesEpicauta straba
Epicauta oregona
speciesEpicauta oregona
Epicauta cupraeola
speciesEpicauta cupraeola
Epicauta vidua
speciesEpicauta vidua
Epicauta aspera
speciesEpicauta aspera
Epicauta fumosa
speciesEpicauta fumosa
Epicauta grammica
speciesEpicauta grammica
Epicauta carmelita
speciesEpicauta carmelita
Epicauta aragua
speciesEpicauta aragua
Epicauta excavata
speciesEpicauta excavata
Epicauta anthracina
speciesEpicauta anthracina
Epicauta stuarti
speciesEpicauta stuarti
Bean Blister Beetle
speciesEpicauta gorhami
Epicauta megalocephala
speciesEpicauta megalocephala
Epicauta alphonsii
speciesEpicauta alphonsii
Epicauta caviceps
speciesEpicauta caviceps
Epicauta brunneipennis
speciesEpicauta brunneipennis
Epicauta floydwerneri
speciesEpicauta floydwerneri
Epicauta ruficeps
speciesEpicauta ruficeps
Epicauta leopardina
speciesEpicauta leopardina
Epicauta hieroglyphica
speciesEpicauta hieroglyphica
Epicauta geniculata
speciesEpicauta geniculata
Epicauta parvula
speciesEpicauta parvula
Epicauta rileyi
speciesEpicauta rileyi
Epicauta caustica
speciesEpicauta caustica
Epicauta jimenezi
speciesEpicauta jimenezi
Epicauta sharpi
speciesEpicauta sharpi
Epicauta bispinosa
speciesEpicauta bispinosa
Epicauta crassitarsis
speciesEpicauta crassitarsis
Epicauta rufipennis
speciesEpicauta rufipennis
Epicauta brunnea
speciesEpicauta brunnea
Epicauta punctipennis
speciesEpicauta punctipennis
Epicauta cicatrix
speciesEpicauta cicatrix
Epicauta excavatifrons
speciesEpicauta excavatifrons
Epicauta semivittata
speciesEpicauta semivittata
Epicauta philaemata
speciesEpicauta philaemata
Epicauta griseonigra
speciesEpicauta griseonigra
Epicauta albomarginata
speciesEpicauta albomarginata
Epicauta griseovittata
speciesEpicauta griseovittata
Epicauta riojana
speciesEpicauta riojana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522580.