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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera ornatoides

Species Acmaeodera ornatoides

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Acmaeodera ornatoides Barr - Acmaeodera ornatoides

Little black beetle - Acmaeodera ornatoides

Acmaeodera ornata (Fabricius) - Acmaeodera ornatoides

Acmaeodera ornatoides ? - Acmaeodera ornatoides

add dead post oak as host to this species… - Acmaeodera ornatoides

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 Polycestinae

Tribe Acmaeoderini

Subtribe Acmaeoderina

Genus Acmaeodera

Species ornatoides (Acmaeodera ornatoides)

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera ornatoides Barr 1972

Identification

pale lateral humeral mark short, straight and not curved (J. Hanson, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)

Det. R. L. Westcott, 2012

Range

common across c. & n. TX - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

May prefer areas with sandy soil

Season

Apr-Jun in TX (BG data)

Food

Larvae bore in wood of Escarpment Live Oak (Quercus fusiformis) and probably other oak species. Also Persimmon (Diospyros texana) (1)

Adults are nectarivorous, recorded on blooms of Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.), Poppy-Mallow (Callirhoe sp.), Thistles and more.

Remarks

Type Locality: Goliad Co., Texas (1)

See Also

elongated curved pale lateral humeral mark (J. Hanson, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)

Acmaeodera ornata (Fabricius)

- Range: e. US to e. TX

Det. S. G. Wellso, 2015

Print References

Barr, W.F. 1972(1971). New species of North American Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Arquivos do Museo Boçage 2.a Série, 3(7):145-202.

Internet References

Type - AMNH, NYC

e-mail comments from Dan Heffern

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 19 May, 2007 - 4:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 May, 2019 - 10:16am

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