Species Lampetis drummondi - Lampetis drummondi (Laporte & Gory)

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited

Drummond's Blue-legged Buprestid - face - 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

Species drummondi (Lampetis drummondi (Laporte & Gory))

Other Common Names

Drummond's Blue-footed Bup

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Buprestis drummondi Laporte & Gory 1836:37

Dicerca woodhousei LeConte 1852:68

Psiloptera valens LeConte 1858:66

Spinthoptera convexa Casey 1909:72

Spinthoptera ocularis Casey 1909:73

Spinthoptera parva Casey 1909:73

Psiloptera caseyi Kerremans 1910:126

Explanation of Names

Patronym for Thomas Drummond (ca. 1790-1835) was a Scotland-born botantist who collected plants, birds and insects in Texas during 1833-34. He died in Havana in 1835 while in route to Scotland to bring his family back to Texas. Lampetis drummondi (Laporte & Gory) and Phaenops drummondi (Kirby) were both named for Drummond in 1837. He apparently collected neither spp.

Numbers

3 spp n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas / Mexico (1)

Season

May to November, but most specimens in the Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC) from June through August.

Internet References

Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn

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 17 March, 2005 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 21 July, 2009 - 7:13pm

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