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Species Acmaeodera wenzeli

Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke - Acmaeodera wenzeli Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke - Acmaeodera wenzeli
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 Polycestinae
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species wenzeli (Acmaeodera wenzeli)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke 1919
Range
w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
larvae host in Whitethorn Acacia (Vachellia (=Acacia) constricta, Fabaceae) (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: TX, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains (1)
Print References
Van Dyke, E.C. 1919. New species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the western United States, with supplementary notes concerning others. Entomological News 30: 151-157.
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)