Checklist of Epicauta Dejean from America (Meloidae, Meloinae, Epicautini)

By

Soldini, María Paula
Safenraiter, Melania Edith
Wagner, Leandro Sebastian
Fernández, Estrella Natalín
Sequín, Christian Javier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

807

Pages

47-125

Subjects

Blister beetles , Epicautini , new records , review

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.807.23375

 

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive list of AmericanEpicauta. Two hundred and sixty-four named species were recorded in this checklist based primarily on literature and museum records. Seventy-two species were included in the subgenus Macrobasis and 192 species into the nominotypic subgenus. Nomenclatural modifications are provided forE.langeiBorchmann andE.nigripesBorchmann, both junior synonyms ofE.pilme(Molina);E.albicinctaBorchmann, junior synonym ofE.suturalis(Haag-Rutenberg);E.lugubrisDenier, junior synonym ofE.tristis(Mäklin); andE.wagneriPict, junior synonym ofE.vicina(Haag-Rutenberg). Three hundred and ninety-two new records for South America are provided.