Species Ptosima gibbicollis - Redbud Borer

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Metallic Wood-borer - Ptosima gibbicollis

Yellow black on red bud tree - Ptosima gibbicollis

Redbud Borer (Ptosima gibbicollis)? - Ptosima gibbicollis

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

Genus Ptosima

Species gibbicollis (Redbud Borer)

Other Common Names

Flat-headed Redbud Borer(1)

Explanation of Names

Ptosima gibbicollis (Say 1823)

gibbicollis = 'humped neck'

Size

4.7-8 mm(2)

Identification

see (3); key to widespread eastern spp. in MacRae (1991)(4)

Range

e US, Ont. (ON-FL to KS-TX) - Map (2)(5)(6)

Food

host: Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis, Fabaceae)(2); Blatchley(7) states that it also occurs on Sassafras (Lauraceae)

Works Cited

1.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	A review of the genus Ptosima in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Nelson G.H. 1978. Col. Bull. 32: 327-336.

4.	The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Missouri MacRae T.C. 1991. Insecta Mundi 5(2): 101-126.

5.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

7.	An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.

Contributed by Cotinis on 25 July, 2005 - 5:47am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2022 - 4:09pm

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