Species Chrysobothris ephedrae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull - Chrysobothris ephedrae

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull - Chrysobothris ephedrae - male - female

after beating a hundred or more plants… - Chrysobothris ephedrae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Buprestoidea

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Buprestinae

Tribe Chrysobothrini

Genus Chrysobothris

Species ephedrae (Chrysobothris ephedrae)

Explanation of Names

"The author takes pleasure in naming this subspecies for G. B. Vogt, who has added greatly to our knowledge of Buprestidae in the Lower Rio Grande Valley." (Knull 1964)

Numbers

2 subspp:

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull 1942

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull 1964

Size

6-7.5 mm (Knull 1942, Knull 1964)

Range

Range of two subspp. collectively: NM-TX

Food

Adults on Ephedra and Acacia (1)

Remarks

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull - TL: Las Cruces, NM (Knull 1942)

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull - TL: 5 mi. W. Sullivan City, Starr Co., TX (Knull 1964)

Print References

Knull, J.N. 1942. Two new Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 35: 390-392. Full PDF

Knull, J.N. 1964. Two new Buprestidae and distribution records of others (Coleoptera). The Ohio Journal of Science 64: 376-378. Full PDF

Vogt, G.B. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42:191-202.

Works Cited

1.	A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico. Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.

Contributed by Richard L. Westcott on 1 September, 2011 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 September, 2011 - 4:01pm

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