femorata species-group

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Chrysobothris adelpha Harold - Chrysobothris adelpha - male

Buprestid - Chrysobothris femorata - male

I am thinking Chrysobothris. Your suggestions are welcome. - Chrysobothris

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Chrysobothris femorata

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 Buprestinae

Tribe Chrysobothrini

Genus Chrysobothris

No Taxon femorata species-group

Numbers

12 described spp. in our area(1)

Identification

males with a row of small teeth on the inner margin of the protibia; females with pygidium longitudinally carinate; revision/key to spp. in(1)

Range

across NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae) By S.G. Wellso, G.V. Manley

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 June, 2008 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2012 - 2:19pm

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