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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) » Buprestinae » Actenodes

Genus Actenodes

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Buprestidae - Actenodes auronotata Buprestid (title changed) - Actenodes auronotata Buprestid (title changed) - Actenodes auronotata Actenodes acornis (Say) - Actenodes acornis Jewel Beetle - Actenodes auronotata - female Buprestid - Actenodes mimica Buprestid (title changed) - Actenodes auronotata Actenodes 2215 - Actenodes acornis
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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