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Species Acmaeodera neglecta

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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 neglecta (Acmaeodera neglecta)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera neglecta Fall 1899
Identification
highly variable, similar to A. tubulus, but elytra less shiny and more strongly punctate. The joining of the basal elytral yellow spots into C-shaped markings occurs commonly in this species but rarely in A. tubulus. ‒T.C. MacRae, 7.iv.2008
Range
NM to the edge of e. TX to MO(1)(2)(3)
Food
Larvae in Quercus, Ulmus(2)
Print References
(4)(5)
Works Cited
1.Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the southwestern United States...
Hansen J.A. 2023. Insecta Mundi 1012: 1–52.
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.The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Missouri
MacRae T.C. 1991. Insecta Mundi 5(2): 101-126.
4.Distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in N. and C. America and the W. Indies, w/ validation of one sp.
MacRae, T.C. & G.H. Nelson. 2003. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1): 57-70.
5.Dist. and bio notes on N. Amer. Buprestidae, w/ comments on var. in Anthaxia viridicornis (Say) and A. viridfrons Gory.
MacRae, T.C. 2006. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199.