Pyrota palpalis Champion

Pinto, John D. & Clark, William H., 2022, New Records of Meloidae (Coleoptera) from the Baja California Peninsula, with Description of a New Species of Lytta Fabricius, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (1), pp. 45-53 : 48

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.1.45

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B9B74C89-19A4-4AB0-94DF-71B4D6E9425F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13254722

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A21487AC-4363-FF9D-33D7-FC2CAB43FA5D

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scientific name

Pyrota palpalis Champion
status

 

Pyrota palpalis Champion

Pyrota palpalis is a frequently collected species in the deserts of the Southwest ( Selander 1982). Although there are several records in adjacent regions of California and Sonora, it has been unknown for the Baja Peninsula.

Baja California: El Crucero (20°16′N, 114°09′W; 610 m); viii-19-1982; UV light; 1; W. H. Clark, P. E. Blom, Earthwatch Team; CIDA. San Felipe , 15 km NW (31.13239°, −114.94160°; 96 m); ix-10- 2015 ; 1; W. H. Clark (#14,512); CICESE. Valle de Trinidad; viii-30-1960 ; 13; E. Sleeper; CAS. New peninsular and state record .

Baja California Sur: Rancho Tablon   GoogleMaps , 7 km N (27°37′N, 113°21′W; 130 m); viii-18-1982; 5 (2 ex UV light trap); W. H. Clark, P. E. Blom, Earthwatch Team / W. H. Clark, P. E. Blom, D. M. Ward, Jr; CIDA. New peninsular and state record .

Selander, R. B. 1982. A revision of the genus Pyrota. I. The Mylabrina Group (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 665 - 717.

UV

Departamento de Biologia de la Universidad del Valle

CIDA

Albertson College, Museum of Natural History

CICESE

Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Meloidae

Genus

Pyrota