Genus Lampetis

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Drummond's Blue-legged Buprestid - face - Lampetis drummondi

Beautiful blue beetle of some sort - Lampetis drummondi

Drummond's Blue-legged Beetle - Lampetis drummondi - Lampetis drummondi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood Boring Beetles)

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysochroinae

Genus Lampetis

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Southwest

Remarks

Lampetis was until recently considered a subgenus of Psiloptera

Print References

Nelson, G. H. 1986. A review of the genus Psiloptera subgenus Lampetis Solier in the United States (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 40(3):272-284.

Works Cited

1.	Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico By Gayle H. Nelson, George C. Walters, Jr., R. Dennis Haines, Charles L. Bellamy. 2008.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 March, 2005 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 September, 2009 - 8:37pm

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