Genus Agrilaxia

Classification · Identification

Weird Beetle - Agrilaxia flavimana - female

Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle - Agrilaxia flavimana

Agrilaxia flavimana (Gory) - Agrilaxia flavimana

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 Agrilaxia

Identification

The combination of areolate pronotal and slightly rugulose elytral surfaces distinguish this genus at a glance from anything in the genus Agrilus. One U.S. species (A. flavimana) occurs broadly from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona and south to Panama. A second U.S. species (A. hespenheidei) is restricted to se Arizona, sw New Mexico, and northern Mexico. - Ted C. MacRae

Contributed by Cotinis on 27 June, 2006 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 26 May, 2008 - 9:26am

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