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Subfamily Agrilinae

 Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Brachys aerosus Agrilus limpiae Knull - Agrilus limpiae - male Taphrocerus Agrilus - Agrilus addendus iridescent blue flying bug - Agrilus cyanescens Agrilus mimosae Fisher - Agrilus mimosae - male St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1775 2020 4 - Brachys Agrilus
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
Explanation of Names
Agrilinae Laporte 1835
Numbers
208 spp. in 10 genera of 4 tribes in our area (>170 spp. are in Agrilus)(1); 7120 spp. in 202 genera of 4 tribes worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide, most diverse in the Ethiopian and Neotropical regions(2); throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea