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Genus Acmaeodera

Flower buprestid - Acmaeodera rubronotata

Unknown insect - Acmaeodera flavomarginata

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

Genus Acmaeodera

Other Common Names

"Yellow-marked buprestids" and "Spotted Flower Buprestids" are names sometimes applied to this group.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 144 species in genus.

Life Cycle

Larvae are wood borers in trees and shrubs (1). Some are pests of timber.

Print References

Arnett and Jacques, # 121--A. scalaris (1)

Brimley, p. 170, lists A. ornata, pulchella, and tubulus for North Carolina (2)

Powell and Hogue, p. 279, plate 14e (3)

Arnett, pp. 425-426, fig. 24.82 (4)

Dillon, p. 340, plate XXXIII--A. pulchella and A. tubulus (5)

Internet References

Rice University--A. tubulus

North Carolina State University entomology collection lists only three species for that state, with number pinned: ornata (27) pulchella (75), and tubulus (154)

Beetles of Florida lists marginenotata, ornata, pulchella, tubulus, and xanthosticta.

Works Cited

1.	Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects By Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Dr. Richard L. Jacques

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

3.	California Insects By Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue

4.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

5.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2004 - 9:40am
Last updated 4 November, 2006 - 9:12am

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