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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Agrilus dollii

Species Agrilus dollii

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Agrilus dollii Schaeffer - Agrilus dollii
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 Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species dollii (Agrilus dollii)
Other Common Names
Doll's Tooth-tipped Bup
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agrilus dollii Schaeffer 1904
Syn: Agrilus dolli [misspelling starting with Leng (1920) (1)(2)]
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Jacob Doll, Schaeffer's companion on the trip to the lower Rio Grande region (Schaeffer 1904)
Size
4-5.5 mm (Schaeffer 1904)
Identification
elytral apices emarginate (Schaeffer 1904)
Range
s. TX (Cameron, Hidalgo, Jackson and Karnes counties) / Mexico (Yucatan) - Map (2)(3)(4)
Food
Larvae in Texas persimmon (Diospyros texana) (2)
Remarks
Texas considers this sp. a SGCN (5)
See Also
resembles the common Celtis-associated A. lecontei, but the elytral apices emarginate. (3)
Print References
Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 145: 1-347.
MacRae, T.C. & G.H. Nelson. 2003. Distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae. (Coleoptera) in North and Central America and the West Indies, with validation of one species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57(2): 57–70.
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)
Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197–236. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
2.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.
3.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 March, 2009 - 8:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2019 - 2:52pm

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