Genus Actenodes

Classification · Identification

Buprestid (title changed) - Actenodes auronotata

Actenodes acornis (Say) - Actenodes acornis

Bright Metallic Body - Actenodes auronotata

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 Buprestinae

Genus Actenodes

Identification

Similar to the more speciose genus Chrysobothris, but can be differentiated by: Tarsomere 3 prolonged on each side into a long, divergent spine that extends beyond tarsomere 4

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 March, 2006 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 16 March, 2006 - 2:17pm

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