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