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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) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus

Genus Agrilus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Bup with yellow racing stripes - Agrilus bilineatus Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Agrilus Buprestid beetles, 2:54pm, - Agrilus Agrilus Agrilus vittaticollis (Randall) - Agrilus vittaticollis Agrilus - Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Agrilus sapindi Knull - Agrilus sapindi Borers - Agrilus parvus - male - female
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Numbers
the largest genus of the family in NA and one of the largest animal genera in the world, with 174 spp. in 2 subgenera north of Mexico(1) and almost 2900 spp. worldwide, arranged in ~40 subgenera(2); subg. Engyaulus is represented in our area by 5 spp., of which only A. (E.) pulchellus is currently in the guide
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)(2)
Food
Most are wood borers(3)
Remarks
There are several non-native species, some are invasive.
Print References
Bellamy, C.L. 1996. Comments on the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825: Where do we go and do we go together? (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Elytron, 9 (1995): 77–86.
Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin, 145: 1-347.
Internet References
Genus Agrilus
Works Cited
1.The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico), by C.L. Bellamy
2.The World of Jewel Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae), by C.L. Bellamy
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 June, 2004 - 7:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 September, 2011 - 1:13pm

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