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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Metallic Wood Boring Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestis » Red-legged Buprestis (Buprestis rufipes)

Species Buprestis rufipes - Red-legged Buprestis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Buprestis rufipes Unknown - Buprestis rufipes Buprestis rufipes Buprestis rufipes Beetle? - Buprestis rufipes Metallic woodborer - Buprestis rufipes A Lovely Beetle - Buprestis rufipes A Lovely Beetle - Buprestis rufipes
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 rufipes (Red-legged Buprestis)
Explanation of Names
ruf, -esc, -i (L). Red, reddish (1)
-pes (L). A foot (1)
Numbers
One of 18 species in the genus. (2)
Size
18-25 mm.
Identification
Green above with characteristic yellow marks; underparts also green. Legs red or reddish brown.
Range
Eastern North America.
Food
Maple and birch trees.
Print References
(3)
Internet References
Texas Beetles - Mike Quinn
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
3.How to Know the Beetles
By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 13 October, 2004 - 5:07pm
Additional contributions by Joyce Gross, Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 September, 2007 - 10:47pm

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