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Species Chrysobothris beameri

Chrysobothris beameri Knull - Chrysobothris beameri
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 Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Species beameri (Chrysobothris beameri)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris beameri Knull 1954
Type coll'ed by R. H. Beamer
Size
Length 12.5 mm (1)
Range
w. to c. TX - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
larvae host in evergreen sumac (Rhus virens var. choriophylla, Anacardiaceae) (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., TX (2)
See Also
This species runs to C. caurina Horn in Fisher's key (1942). It can be separated from any of our North American species by shape of male genitalia.
Print References
Fisher, W.S. 1942. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini. United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publications, Number 470:1-274. (4)
Knull, J.N. 1954. Five new North American species of Buprestidae. The Ohio Journal of Science 54(1): 27-30. (1)
Works Cited
1. Five new North American species of Buprestidae.
Knull, J.N. 1954. The Ohio Journal of Science 54(1): 27-30.
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.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini
Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.