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Species Trachys troglodytiformis

Trachys troglodytiformis Obenberger - Trachys troglodytiformis - female Trachys troglodytiformis Obenberger - Trachys troglodytiformis - female
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 Tracheini
Genus Trachys
Species troglodytiformis (Trachys troglodytiformis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trachys pygmaeus (Fabricius 1787)
Explanation of Names
Trachys troglodytiformis Obenberger 1918
Size
2.25-3.8 mm(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic(2), adventive in our area (NJ, established)(3)
Print References
Linsley E.G. (1949) A hollyhock leaf miner new to North America. Journal of the Entomological Society of America 41(6): 990.
Weiss H.B. (1954) Trachys pygmaea (Fab.) the hollyhock leaf miner in New Jersey (Col.: Buprestidae). Entomological News 65(9): 230-232.
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Bellamy C.L. The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico)
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 1 July, 2010 - 12:34am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 4:19pm

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