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Species Acmaeodera tubulus

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Acmaeodera tubulus - male - female Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius) - Acmaeodera tubulus A. tubulus? - Acmaeodera tubulus Buprestid - Acmaeodera tubulus small Buprestidae - Acmaeodera tubulus Acmaeodora tubulus? - Acmaeodera tubulus Acmaeodera? - Acmaeodera tubulus Acmaeodera? - Acmaeodera tubulus
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
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species tubulus (Acmaeodera tubulus)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius 1801)
tubulus is a noun, not subject to gender changing to agree with genera
Size
4‒7 mm(1)
Identification
A. tubulus vs A. neglecta (mostly south-central US north to MO; the lower left individual only):
note the coarser and larger elytral punctures on A. neglecta and the C-shaped markings formed by coalescing humeral and premedial spots. Both are among the earliest buprestids to appear in the spring; in MO, A. neglecta is most often associated with glade habitats, while A. tubulus is a generalist(2)
Range
e NA (ON‒NH‒FL to ID‒CO‒TX)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Food
Larvae in Betula, Carya, Celtis, Crataegus, Juglans, Quercus, Salix, Ulmus; adults observed on Juniperus virginiana, Q. velutina, Sapindus drummondi, Taxodium distichum and flowers of many plants(6)(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.
2.The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Missouri
MacRae T.C. 1991. Insecta Mundi 5(2): 101-126.
3.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.
4.Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the southwestern United States...
Hansen J.A. 2023. Insecta Mundi 1012: 1–52.
5.Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of South Carolina
Harpootlian, P.J. and C.L. Bellamy. 2014. Clemson University.
6.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.
7.University of New Hampshire Insect and Arachnid Collections
8.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.