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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Actenodini » Actenodes » Actenodes calcarata

Species Actenodes calcarata

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Actenodes calcarata - male Actenodes calcarata face - Actenodes calcarata - male Actenodes calcarata
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 Buprestinae
Tribe Actenodini
Genus Actenodes
Species calcarata (Actenodes calcarata)
Other Common Names
BATMAN BUP!! (Kira)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Actenodes calcarata (Chevrolat)
Orig. Comb: Belionota calcarata Chevrolat 1835
Explanation of Names
calcar (L). 'a spur' (1)
Numbers
9 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Identification
posterior angles of pronotum diverge vs. Actenodes flexicaulis (3)
Range
CA-LA / south to S. Amer. (2)
Food
various legumes - Fabaceae (2)
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini
Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.
Contributed by v belov on 5 August, 2010 - 1:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 February, 2019 - 10:14am

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