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Description

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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1046543	https://www.gbif.org/species/1046543
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	209674	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=209674

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : Lytta

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Cucujiformia	Lameere 1938
superfamily	Tenebrionoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Meloidae	Gyllenhal 1810
subfamily	Meloinae	Gyllenhal 1810
tribe	Lyttini	Solier 1851
genus	Lytta	Fabricius 1775

Scientific Name

Lytta Fabricius, 1775

Name Published In

Fabricius, Johann C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae: sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.: i–xvi; 1–832.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lytta	genus	belongs to Eleuterata	stated with evidence	Fabricius, 1775
Lytta	genus	belongs to Meloidae	stated with evidence	Werner, 1969
Lytta	genus	belongs to Lyttini	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. C. Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytta

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lytta aenea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta aeneipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta aesculapii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Lytta agrestis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta arizonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta augusti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta auriculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta battonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta biguttata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta bipuncticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta blaisdelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta boleti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta bruchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta canelas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta caraganae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta cardinalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta childi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta chloris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta comans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta corallifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta cribrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta crotchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta cyanipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta deserticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta ebenina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta erebea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta erythrothorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta eucera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta flavicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta fulvipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta funerea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta hirsuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta hoppingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta icterica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta insperata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta koltzei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta lecontei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta lineola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta lithophila ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Lytta lugens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta lugubris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta magister species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta manicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta margarita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta melaena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta michoacanae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta mirifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta moerens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta moesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta molesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta morosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta morrisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta mutilata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta navajo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta nigripilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta nigrocyanea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta nitidicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta nuttalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta peninsularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta plumbea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta polita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta proteus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta puberula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta quadrimaculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta rathvoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta refulgens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta regiszahiri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta reticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta sanguinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta sayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta scitula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta scituloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta sonorae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta strigata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta stygica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta sublaevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta tenebrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta unguicularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta vesicatoria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta viridana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lytta vulnerata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pseudolytta Selander, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Pseudolytta*
Paralytta Selander, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Paralytta*
Poreospasta Horn, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Poreospasta*
Mesolytta Kaszab, 1962	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Mesolytta*
Cantharis Geoffroy, 1762	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Cantharis*
Litta Fabricius, 1787	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Litta*
Indiolytta Selander, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Indiolytta*
Adicolytta Selander, 1960	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Adicolytta*
Asiolytta Kaszab, 1962	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Asiolytta*
Pomphopoea Leconte, 1862	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Meloidae : *Pomphopoea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1775	Lytta Fabricius p. 260
1798	Lytta Fabricius p. 119
1969	Lytta Werner p. 126
2011	Lytta Bouchard et al. p. 439

References

Fabricius J. C. , Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus, 1-832

Fabricius J. C. , Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, 1-572

Werner F. G. (1969) Terrestrial insects of the Rita Blanca lake deposits, Paleoecology of an early Pleistocene lake on the high plains of Texas. Geological Society of America Memoir 113, 123-130

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Selander RB (1960) Bionomics, systematics and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidea). Illinois Biological Monographs No 28. 295 pp. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

Selander, Richard B., 1960: Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Illinois Biological Monographs, no. 28. 295. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Pinto, J. D., and M. A. Bologna, 1999: The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis. Journal of Natural History, vol. 33, no. 4. 569-620. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Ent. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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