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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Melanophilini » Melanophila » Melanophila notata

Species Melanophila notata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
rust-spotted beetle - Melanophila notata Melanophila notata Bruprestidae - Melanophila notata Melanophila notata Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory) - Melanophila notata Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory) - Melanophila notata
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 Melanophilini
Genus Melanophila
Species notata (Melanophila notata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory 1837)
Identification
dorsum black, elytra usually with 3 or 4 yellow/orange spots each or all-black, apices narrowly rounded, and surface more coarsely granulate than in M. acuminata or atropurpurea
Range
e US, AZ (NJ-FL-LA, IN, OK, AZ) to C. Amer. & W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3), mostly FL & se US
Food
host(s) unk. (1)
See Also
M. atropurpurea elytral apices produced into a distinct acuminate tooth (Ted MacRae's comments)
M. consputa has 5-6 spots on each elytron
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.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 May, 2007 - 4:28pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2022 - 10:58pm

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