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29 September 2023 New country records of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Guatemala with distributional notes on other meloid species and a record of human blistering caused by Epicauta (Macrobasis) forticornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880
Richard S. Zack, José Monzón, Jeffrey P. Huether, Mark K. Huether, Peter J. Landolt
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Abstract

Meloidae, or blister beetles, from Guatemala collected by the authors, in the James Entomological Collection at Washington State University, and in the Colección de Artrópodos at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala are recorded. New country records include: Pyrota tenuicostatis (Dugès, 1877), Epicauta (Epicauta) cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1834), E. (E.) diana Pinto, 1991, Epicauta (Macrobasis) diversicornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880), E. (M.) forticornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880), E. (M.) isthmica Werner, 1949, Tetraonyx pectoralis Haag-Rutenberg, 1879, and Pseudozonitis vaurieae Enns, 1956. A case of human blistering caused by E. forticornis is recorded.

Se registran los Meloidae, o escarabajos ampolleros, de Guatemala colectados por los autores o en la Colección Entomológica James en la Universidad del Estado de Washington y en la Colección de Artrópodos de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Especies que son nuevos registros para el país son: Pyrota tenuicostatis (Dugès, 1877), Epicauta (Epicauta) cinctipennis (Chevrolat, 1834), E. (E.) diana Pinto, 1991, Epicauta (Macrobasis) diversicornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880), E. (M.) forticornis (Haag-Rutenberg, 1880), E. (M.) isthmica Werner, 1949, Tetraonyx pectoralis Haag-Rutenberg, 1879, y Pseudozonitis vaurieae Enns, 1956. Se registra un caso de ampollos en humanos causadas por E. forticornis.

Richard S. Zack, José Monzón, Jeffrey P. Huether, Mark K. Huether, and Peter J. Landolt "New country records of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) from Guatemala with distributional notes on other meloid species and a record of human blistering caused by Epicauta (Macrobasis) forticornis Haag-Rutenberg, 1880," The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 99(3), 169-182, (29 September 2023). https://doi.org/10.3956/2022-99.3.169
Received: 6 March 2023; Accepted: 16 May 2023; Published: 29 September 2023
KEYWORDS
blistering
cantharidin
Central America
distribution
neotropical
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