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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera opuntiae

Species Acmaeodera opuntiae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Acmaeodera opuntiae Knull - Acmaeodera opuntiae Acmaeodera opuntiae
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 opuntiae (Acmaeodera opuntiae)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera opuntiae Knull 1966
Type male and allotype collected in the flowers of Opuntia engelmannii (1)
Size
3.4-5.7 mm (1)(2)
Identification
A. opuntiae has distinctly flattened setae. Also, the form is not as broad as is typical for A. neglecta. (T.C. MacRae, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)
Range
c. to s. TX - Map (1)(2)(3)(4), while mostly known from Starr Co., G.H. Nelson determined spmns in the TAMUIC from Crane, Kerr, and Callahan counties (Karen Wright, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)
Season
Mar-May (1)(2)
Life Cycle
larvae host in dead stalks of coyotillo (Karwinskia humboldtiana, Rhamnaceae) and Texas paloverde (Parkinsonia texana, Fabaceae) (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: 5 mi W. Sullivan City, Starr Co., TX (3)
See Also
Acmaeodera neoneglecta Fisher, uncommon color form (2)
- Range: w. to c. to s. TX
Det. R.L. Westcott, 2012
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1966. Two new species of Acmaeodera from southeastern Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 66: 332-334. (1)
MacRae, T.C. 2006. Distributional and biological notes on North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera), with comments on variation in Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridicornis (Say) and A. (H.) viridfrons Gory. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199. (2)
Westcott, R.L. 2001. An interspecific hybrid in the genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, a taxonomic note on Chrysobothris kelloggi Knull, and new distribution and host records for United States and Canadian species in these and other genera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 10: 76-81.
Works Cited
1.Two new species of Acmaeodera from southeastern Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).
Knull, J.N. 1966. The Ohio Journal of Science 66: 332-334.
2.Dist. and bio notes on N. Amer. Buprestidae, w/ comments on var. in Anthaxia viridicornis (Say) and A. viridfrons Gory.
MacRae, T.C. 2006. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199.
3.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.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2016 - 5:11pm
Last updated 28 March, 2019 - 12:37pm

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