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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Agrilus cupreonitens

Species Agrilus cupreonitens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher - Agrilus cupreonitens Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928 - Agrilus cupreonitens - female Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928 - Agrilus cupreonitens - female Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928 - Agrilus cupreonitens - female Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928 - Agrilus cupreonitens - female Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher - Agrilus cupreonitens - male Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher - Agrilus cupreonitens - male Agrilus cupreonitens
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species cupreonitens (Agrilus cupreonitens)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928
cupr (L). copper (1)
Identification
pit on pronotum is diagnostic (J.A. Hansen, comment)
Range
c. TX to s. Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
adults on var. woody legumes (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas (2)
Print References
Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin, 145: 1-347.
Vogt, G.B. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(2): 191-202.
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)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 3 February, 2016 - 4:36pm
Last updated 24 January, 2022 - 10:30am

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