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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris lucana

Species Chrysobothris lucana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 1894 - Chrysobothris lucana - male Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 1894 - Chrysobothris lucana - male Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 1894 - Chrysobothris lucana - male Retro Psychadellic Beetle - Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana Horn - Chrysobothris lucana - male
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
Genus Chrysobothris
Species lucana (Chrysobothris lucana)
Explanation of Names
Author of species: Horn, 1894(1)
Range
AZ, Ca, OR; Mex (1)
Food
Larvae in jojoba - Simmondsia chinensis (Simmondsiaceae) (1)
USDA Plants Database
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico, Baja CA, San Jose del Cabo(1)
Internet References
TYPE - California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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 Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 December, 2008 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 October, 2009 - 7:23pm

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