Species Chrysobothris chrysoela

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names

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 Chrysobothris

Species chrysoela (Chrysobothris chrysoela)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

widely misspelled as "chryseola"

Explanation of Names

from Greek chrysoelos (χρυσοηλος)- "with studs or nails of gold" + a feminine ending

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 April, 2006 - 3:27pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 5 March, 2008 - 12:24am

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