Species Buprestis viridisuturalis

Classification

Buprestis viridisuturalis Nicolay & Weiss - Buprestis viridisuturalis - female

Bright metallic beetle. What kind? - Buprestis viridisuturalis

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 Buprestis

Species viridisuturalis (Buprestis viridisuturalis)

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 11 September, 2006 - 10:19pm

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