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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Sphaerobothris » Sphaerobothris ulkei

Species Sphaerobothris ulkei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
S.ulkei - Sphaerobothris ulkei S.ulkei - Sphaerobothris ulkei Sphaerobothris ulkei (LeConte) - Sphaerobothris ulkei Sphaerobothris ulkei Sphaerobothris ulkei found dead on ground - Sphaerobothris ulkei
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Sphaerobothris
Species ulkei (Sphaerobothris ulkei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphaerobothris ulkei (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Chrysobothris ulkei LeConte 1860
Explanation of Names
Henry Ulke (1821-1910), belonged to the first generation of American Coleopterists.
Identification

Det. G. Nelson, 1999
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2), + CA - Natural History Museum of Utah
Life Cycle
larvae host in longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca, Ephedraceae) (1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1860. Revision of the Buprestidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (2)11(1859): 187-258.
Works Cited
1.A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico.
Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Richard L. Westcott on 19 February, 2015 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 12:02pm

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