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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Brachyina » Taphrocerus » Taphrocerus howardi

Species Taphrocerus howardi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Agrilinae
Tribe Tracheini
Subtribe Brachyina
Genus Taphrocerus
Species howardi (Taphrocerus howardi)
Explanation of Names
Taphrocerus howardi Obenberger 1934
Identification
I suggest Taphrocerus howardi, based on the parallel-sided form, indistinct pattern of elytral pubescence, and rather coarse elytral punctation. Taph. nicolayi is very similar but usually slightly broadened at the humeri. Other sympatric congeners are either more wedge-shaped, less punctate, lack pubescence, or have more distinct elytral spots.… Ted C. MacRae, 4 March, 2008
Range
se US (TX-FL-WV-AR) - Map (1)(2), fairly common in Texas
Life Cycle
adults on hairy fimbry - Fimbristylis puberula, and bulrush - Scirpus sp. (Cyperaceae) (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Osceola Co., Florida
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 4 March, 2008 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 July, 2022 - 2:34pm

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