Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Cucujiformia > Superfamily Tenebrionoidea > Family Meloidae > Subfamily Meloinae > Tribe Epicautini > Genus Epicauta > Subgenus Epicauta (Epicauta)

Epicauta (Epicauta) megalocephala (Gebler, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lytta Fabricius, 1775

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epicauta*	Dejean, 1834	accepted genus name
*Anomalonychus*	Saylor, 1940	generic synonym
*Anomalonyx*	Denier, 1935	generic synonym
*Apterospasta*	LeConte, 1862	generic synonym
*Causima*	Dejean, 1834	generic synonym
*Gnathospasta*	Horn, 1875	generic synonym
*Henous*	Haldeman, 1852	generic synonym
*Isopentra*	Mulsant & Rey, 1858	generic synonym
*Maculicauta*	Dillon, 1952	generic synonym
*Nomaspis*	LeConte, 1866	generic synonym
*Pleuropompha*	LeConte, 1862	generic synonym

Species group names

*Lytta megalocephala*	Gebler, 1817	objective synonym
*Lytta maura*	Faldermann, 1833	subjective synonym

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Marco Alberto Bologna. Epicauta (Epicauta) megalocephala (Gebler, 1817). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=123802