Species Actenodes auronotata

Classification

Buprestid (title changed) - Actenodes auronotata

Jewel Beetle - Actenodes auronotata - female

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

Species auronotata (Actenodes auronotata)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 March, 2006 - 3:02pm

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