Lytta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea
Familia: Meloidae
Subfamilia: Meloinae
Tribus: Lyttini
Genus: Lytta Subgenera: L. (Asiolytta) – L. (Eolytta) – L. (Lytta) – L. (Pseudolytta)

Species: L. aenea – L. aeneiventris – L. afghanica – L. antennalis – L. badakschanica – L. battonii – L. bieti – L. caraganae – L. choui – L. clematidis – L. coccinea – L. deserti – L. discipennis – L. fissicollis – L. flavipennis – L. flaviventris – L. flavoangulata – L. freudei – L. grumi – L. heydeni – L. kabakovi – L. kashmirensis – L. kryzhanovskyi – L. kwanhsiensis – L. laeta – L. limbata – L. luteovittata – L. manicata – L. melanura – L. menetriesi – L. moreana – L. poeciloptera – L. regiszahiri – L. roborowskyi – L. rubra – L. rubrinotata – L. satiata – L. selanderi – L. sifanica – L. spissicornis – L. suturella – L. taliana – L. togata – L. vesicatoria – L. vrendenburgi
Name

Lytta Fabricius, 1775
References
Additional references

Pan, Z. & Ren, G.D. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Meloinae (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species. Zoological Systematics 43(1): 66–88. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201807. Reference page.

Vernacular names
русский: Шпанская мушка

References

Atlas of Meloidae of Russia

Lytta is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 70 described species in North America, and over 100 species worldwide.[1][2][3]
Lytta auriculata

Selected species

These species, and others, belong to the genus Lytta:[2][1]

Lytta aenea Say, 1824
Lytta aeneipennis (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta agrestis (Fall, 1901)
Lytta arizonica Selander, 1957
Lytta augusti Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta auriculata Horn, 1870 (red-eared blister beetle)
Lytta battonii Kaszab, 1962
Lytta biguttata LeConte, 1853
Lytta bipuncticollis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta blaisdelli (Fall, 1909)
Lytta boleti Marsham, 1802
Lytta bruchi Pic, 1927
Lytta canelas Selander, 1960
Lytta cardinalis Chevrolat, 1834
Lytta childi LeConte, 1857
Lytta chloris (Fall, 1901)
Lytta comans Selander, 1960
Lytta corallifera Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta cribrata LeConte, 1853
Lytta crotchi (Horn, 1874)
Lytta crotchii (Horn, 1874)
Lytta cyanipennis (LeConte, 1851) (green blister beetle)
Lytta deserticola Horn, 1870
Lytta ebenina (Dugès, 1877)
Lytta erebea (Champion, 1892)
Lytta erythrothorax (Herrera & Mendoza, 1867)
Lytta eucera (Chevrolat, 1834)
Lytta flavicollis Gyllenhal, 1817
Lytta fulvipennis LeConte, 1853
Lytta funerea (Fall, 1901)
Lytta hirsuta
Lytta hoppingi Wellman, 1912
Lytta icterica Gyllenhal, 1817
Lytta insperata (Horn, 1874)
Lytta koltzei Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta lecontei Heyden, 1890
Lytta lineola
Lytta lugens (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta lugubris (Horn, 1873)
Lytta magister Horn, 1870 (master blister beetle)
Lytta manicata J.Sahlberg, 1903
Lytta margarita (Fall, 1901)
Lytta medvedevi Shapovalov, 2016
Lytta melaena LeConte, 1858
Lytta melanurus (Hope, 1831)
Lytta michoacanae (Champion, 1892)
Lytta mirifica Werner, 1950 (Anthony blister beetle)
Lytta moerens (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta moesta (Horn, 1878)
Lytta molesta (Horn, 1885)
Lytta morosa (Fall, 1901)
Lytta morrisoni (Horn, 1891) (Morrison's blister beetle)
Lytta mutilata (Horn, 1875)
Lytta navajo Werner, 1951
Lytta nigripilis (Fall, 1901)
Lytta nigrocyanea Van Dyke, 1929
Lytta nitidicollis (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta nuttalli Say, 1824 (Nuttall's blister beetle)
Lytta peninsularis (Fall, 1901)
Lytta plumbea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta polita Say, 1824 (bronze blister beetle)
Lytta proteus Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta puberula LeConte, 1866
Lytta quadrimaculata (Chevrolat, 1834)
Lytta rathvoni LeConte, 1853
Lytta refulgens Horn, 1870
Lytta regiszahiri Kaszab, 1958
Lytta reticulata Say, 1824
Lytta sanguinea Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853 (Say blister beetle)
Lytta scitula (Champion, 1892)
Lytta scituloides Selander, 1960
Lytta skrylniki Shapovalov, 2016
Lytta sonorae Van Dyke, 1947
Lytta strigata Gyllenhal, 1817
Lytta stygica (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta sublaevis (Horn, 1868)
Lytta tenebrosa (LeConte, 1851)
Lytta unguicularis (LeConte, 1866)
Lytta variabilis (Dugès, 1869)
Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lytta viridana LeConte, 1866
Lytta vulnerata (LeConte, 1851)
† Lytta aesculapii Heer, 1847
† Lytta lithophila (Wickham, 1914)

References

"Lytta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
"Lytta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

"Lytta genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

Further reading

Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
Pinto, J. D.; Bologna, M. A. (1999). "The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History. 33 (4): 569–620. doi:10.1080/002229399300254.
Selander, R. B. (1960). "Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus: of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". Illinois Biological Monographs. 28. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50342. hdl:2142/27166.