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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) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeodera

Genus Acmaeodera

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Buprestid? On Salvia blossoms - Acmaeodera prorsa Acmaeodera sp. - Acmaeodera rubronotata Buprestid - Acmaeodera griffithi Acmaeodera diffusa Barr - Acmaeodera diffusa Acmaeodera lupinae Nelson - Acmaeodera lupinae - male 8022763 - Acmaeodera pulchella Acmaeodera - Acmaeodera mixta Buprestidae - Acmaeodera
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 Polycestinae
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Genus Acmaeodera
Other Common Names
Yellow-marked Buprestids, Spotted Flower Buprestids
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829
Numbers
144 spp. in our area (1), >1,800 worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide except Australasia(2); in our area, widely distributed, most diverse in the southwest(1)
Habitat
usually seen on flowers(1)
Food
host plant info here(3)
Remarks
some are pests of timber
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.The World of Jewel Beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea, by C.L. Bellamy
3.The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico), by C.L. Bellamy
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 9:40am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 April, 2012 - 3:12pm

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