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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Brachyina » Taphrocerus » Taphrocerus nicolayi

Species Taphrocerus nicolayi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Taphrocerus nicolayi Buprestid - Taphrocerus nicolayi Taphrocerus nicolayi Obenberger - Taphrocerus nicolayi - female Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Carex LFP37 2016 1 - Taphrocerus nicolayi Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Cyperus retrorsus maybe D1774 2019 2 - Taphrocerus nicolayi Taphrocerus nicolayi Weymouth Woods leaf miner Taphrocerus on Dulichium arundinaceum D4582 2023 3 - Taphrocerus nicolayi Weymouth Woods leaf miner Taphrocerus on Dulichium arundinaceum D4582 2023 6 - Taphrocerus nicolayi
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Tracheini
Subtribe Brachyina
Genus Taphrocerus
Species nicolayi (Taphrocerus nicolayi)
Explanation of Names
Taphrocerus nicolayi Obenberger 1924
Size
3-4 mm (1)
Identification

Dets. T. C. MacRae
Range
e. NA (TX-FL-ME-NE) - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
Adults on Carex spp. (2)
Remarks
infrequently collected (1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2007 - 7:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 February, 2025 - 3:35pm

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