Introduction. The name of each listed species is followed by up to five sources that report the species as occurring in Michigan. Sources in all upper-case letters refer to specific insect collections: MSU-ARC refers to material held by the Michigan State University Arthropod Research Collection (data provided by G. Parsons). All others refer to collection data extracted from the Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) database online at https://scan-bugs.org/. See the Methods page for a list of abbreviations and associated collections.
Species names preceded by a single '?' are considered probable (for occurring in Michigan) but uncertain records. Those preceded by '??' are considered possible but unlikely to occur in Michigan. Species that are fully accepted as having valid Michigan records are unmarked. Species reported in the literature that we consider to be erroneous Michigan records are in a separate list following the others.
MELOIDAE
2 subfamilies, 4 tribes, 6 genera, 23 species
Subfamily Meloinae
Tribe Epicautini
Epicauta atrata (Fabricius, 1775): Pinto (1991), Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Marschalek (2013), Andrews (1923), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878)
Epicauta cinerea (Forster, 1771): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Marschalek (2013), Andrews (1923), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
Epicauta fabricii (LeConte, 1853): Clampitt et al. (1996), MSU-ARC
Epicauta flavocinerea (Blatchley, 1910): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018)
Epicauta funebris Horn, 1873: Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), BugGuide, MSU-ARC
Epicauta murina (LeConte, 1853): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Andrews (1923), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Epicauta obesa (Chevrolat, 1835): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Marschalek (2013)
Epicauta pensylvanica (DeGeer, 1775): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Clampitt et al. (1996), Marschalek (2013), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), MSU-ARC
?Epicauta subglabra (Fall, 1922): Pinto (1991), Campos-Soldini et al. (2018); needs confirmation as subglabra is a western sp.
Epicauta vittata (Fabricius, 1775): Campos-Soldini et al. (2018), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), BugGuide, MSU-ARC
Tribe Lyttini
Lytta aenea Say, 1824: Ruesink and Parsons (2023), BugGuide, iNaturalist Observations, MSU-ARC
Lytta sayi LeConte, 1853: Huether et al. (2018)
Tribe Meloini
Meloe americanus Leach, 1815: Ruesink and Parsons (2023), MSU-ARC
Meloe angusticollis Say, 1824: Pinto and Selander (1970), Hatch (1924), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Meloe campanicollis Pinto & Selander, 1970: Pinto and Selander (1970)
Meloe impressus Kirby, 1837: Pinto and Selander (1970), MSU-ARC
Meloe niger Kirby, 1837: Ruesink and Parsons (2023), MSU-ARC
Subfamily Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Nemognatha cribraria fuscula Enns, 1956: Enns (1956), Marschalek (2013), Downie and Arnett (1996)
Nemognatha nemorensis Hentz, 1830: Enns (1956), Marschalek (2013), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Tricrania sanguinipennis (Say, 1824): Cline and Huether (2011), BugGuide, MSU-ARC
Zonitis bilineata Say, 1817: Enns (1956), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
Zonitis sulcicollis Blatchley, 1910: Enns (1956), Marschalek (2013), Downie and Arnett (1996)
Zonitis vittigera (LeConte, 1853): Huether and Huether (2015), Enns (1956), Marschalek (2013), Downie and Arnett (1996), MSU-ARC
The following species were also reported from Michigan, but we consider them to be adventive, misidentifications or other errors:
Subfamily Meloinae
Tribe Epicautini
Epicauta ferruginea (Say, 1824): Andrews (1916); a great plains sp., cannot be in MI
Epicauta pedalis LeConte, 1866: BYU:BYUC; collected at Breedsville, MI; prob. a mis-ID as this is a far southwestern sp.
Subfamily Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Nemognatha piazata (Fabricius, 1798): Townsend (1889); this far southern sp. does not occur in MI
This family list was last updated: January 19, 2023