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Species Acmaeodera recticollis

Acmaeodera recticollis Fall - Acmaeodera recticollis Acmaeodera recticollis Acmaeodera recticollis * - Acmaeodera recticollis Acmaeodera recticollis
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 recticollis (Acmaeodera recticollis)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera recticollis Fall 1889
recticollis (L). straight neck (1)
Range
sw US (AZ to s. TX, UT) - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
larvae host in jointfir (Ephedra spp., Ephedraceae) (2)
Print References
Fall, H.C. 1899. Synopsis of the species of Acmaeodera of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(1): 1-37. (4)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Synopsis of the species of Acmaeodera of America North of Mexico.
Fall, H.C. 1899. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(1): 1-37.