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Genus Hippomelas

Buprestid? - Hippomelas sphenicus mating Bups? - Hippomelas sphenicus - male - female Hippomelas sphenicus Hippomelas sphenicus Buprestid - Hippomelas sphenicus Buprestid - Hippomelas sphenicus Hippomelas planicauda Hippomelas planicauda
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 Chrysochroinae
Genus Hippomelas
Numbers
Four species
martini Nelson, in Nelson & Bellamy 1996: 872 - Arizona
parkeri Nelson, in Nelson & Bellamy 1996: 891 - Arizona
planicauda Casey 1909: 57 - Arizona, New Mexico
sphenicus (LeConte) 1854: 83 - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 August, 2006 - 10:08pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 7 August, 2007 - 4:23pm

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