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 and Antarctica. 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 edge of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyMeloidae
Латинское название Epicauta Dejean, 1834 Подроды[1] Epicauta Dejean, 1834 Macrobasis LeConte, 1862 Систематикана Викивидах Изображенияна Викискладе ITIS 114390 NCBI 34673 Epicauta — род нарывников из подсемейства Meloinae, насчитывающий около 380 видов.[2] Представители рода Lytta имеют внешнее сходство с Epicauta.[3] Некоторые представители рода вредители семенных культур.[3] Содержание 1 Этимология 2 Описание 3 Перечень видов 4 Примечания Этимология Научное название «Epicauta» происходит от греч. epi — плюс, на; + греч. caut гореть, жечь, это указывает на то, что жуки ядовиты.[3] Описание Жуки меленьких и средних размеров, достигающие в длину от 4 до 18 мм.[3] Перечень видов В составе рода: Epicauta atomaria (Germar, 1821) Epicauta atrivittata (LeConte, 1854) Epicauta cavernosa Courbon, 1855 Epicauta erythrocephala (Pallas, 1776) Epicauta flabellicornis (Germar, 1817) Epicauta hirtipes Waterhouse, 1876 Epicauta leopardina (Haag-Rutenb., 1880) Epicauta megalocephala (Gebler, 1817) Epicauta rufidorsum (Goeze, 1777) Epicauta sibirica Pallas, 1777 Неарктические виды:[3] Epicauta alastor Skinner, 1904 Epicauta albida (Say, 1824) Epicauta alpina Werner, 1944 Epicauta arizonica Werner,
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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 and Antarctica. 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 edge of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Adult beetles feed on plants. The larvae are predators on the eggs of grasshoppers. The beetles can significantly damage plants, and many Epicauta are known as agricultural pests around the world, even known to cause crop failures at times. As do other blister beetles, these produce cantharidin, a toxic terpenoid which can kill animals such as horses if they ingest enough of the beetles.