Lytta vulnerata
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Lytta
| species = vulnerata
| authority = (LeConte, 1851)
}}
Lytta vulnerata is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in Central America and North America. They are called "blister beetles" because of a compound called cantharidin that causes blisters when coming in contact with skin.{{Cite web |title=Blister Beetles: Do Not Touch! |url=https://www.poison.org/articles/blister-beetles-do-not-touch-194#:~:text=The%20Bottom%20Line,usually%20are%20not%20life-threatening. |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.poison.org |language=en}}
References
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{{Cite web| title=Lytta vulnerata Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=731731
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Lytta vulnerata
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1046551
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Lytta vulnerata species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/144745
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| title = Bionomics, Systematics, and Phylogeny of Lytta, a Genus of Blister Beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)
| date = 1960
| last1 = Selander | first1 = R. B.
| journal = Illinois Biological Monographs
| volume = 28
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.50342
| hdl = 2142/27166
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/50342
| hdl-access = free
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea
| date = 2013
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-90-04-26090-0
}}
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Category:Beetles described in 1851
Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte
Category:Beetles of North America
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