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Series Elateriformia

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia

Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae).

By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News 49: 19-22., 1938

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Knull, J.N. 1938. Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae). Entomological News 49: 19-22.

Conoderus browni n. sp.
Limonius flavomarginatus n. sp.
Paratyndaris tucsoni n. sp.
Paratyndaris quadrinotata n. sp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 May, 2019 - 12:25pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Brachyina » Brachys » Brachys wellsoi

A New Species of Brachys Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Texas and Oklahoma

By Hespenheide, H.A.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(3): 398-400., 2022

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Hespenheide, Henry A. 2022. A new species of Brachys Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Texas and Oklahoma. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(3): 398-400.

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Study of collections from Texas and Oklahoma yielded specimens of an undescribed species in the genus Brachys Dejean very similar to and previously confused with Brachys ovatus (Weber). Brachys wellsoi Hespenheide, new species is described, illustrated, and compared with previously known species.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 September, 2022 - 5:59pm

A new species of Brachys Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the eastern United States using an unusual host.

By Hespenheide, H.A. and C.S. Eiseman.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(2): 335-340., 2016

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Hespenheide, H.A. and C.S. Eiseman. 2016. A new species of Brachys Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the eastern United States using an unusual host. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(2): 335-340.

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Rearings from mines in leaves of the perennial terrestrial vine trailing arbutus, Epigaea repens L., in Maryland, Michigan, and New England yielded specimens of the genus Brachys Dejean. Species of this genus in the eastern United States are previously known only as miners in shrubs and trees.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 May, 2017 - 10:35pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Dendrometrina » Athous » Athous ornatipennis

Collecting notes on Athous ornatipennis (Leconte) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from North Carolina, USA.

By Hinson, K.R., R.L. Blinn, and B.A. Mathison.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(1): 252-253., 2019

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Hinson, K.R., R.L. Blinn, and B.A. Mathison. 2019. Collecting notes on Athous ornatipennis (Leconte) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from North Carolina, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 73(1): 252-253.

Athous ornatipennis (LeConte) (Fig 1), previously referred to as Limonius ornatipennis LeConte, is known from New Jersey south to South Carolina and west to Kansas (Knaus 1906; Kirk and Taft 1970; Becker 1974; Downie and Arnett 1996). Becker (1974) revised the Nearctic species of Athous Eschscholtz east of the Rockies and examined more than 3,700 specimens, but stated that he saw only 18 specimens of A.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 April, 2019 - 11:20am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Byrrhoidea » Riffle Beetles (Elmidae) » Elminae » Elmini » Heterelmis » Comal Springs Riffle Beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)

A new species of Heterelmis from Texas (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

By Linda S. Bosse, Donald W. Tuff, Harley P. Brown
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 199-203, 1988

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 24 November, 2015 - 8:58am

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

A New Species of Acmaeodera from Arizona (Coleoptera)

By J.N. Knull
The Ohio Journal of Science, 1961

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Description of Acmaeoderopsis hassayampae

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Contributed by Tyler Hedlund on 1 December, 2020 - 8:32am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Dicercina » Dicerca

A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

By Nelson G.H.
Ent. Arb. Mus. G. Frey 26: 87-180, 1975

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Contributed by v belov on 30 January, 2012 - 10:14am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Dicercina » Lampetis

Revision of the subgenus Lampetis (Spinthoptera) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of North and Central America, and the West Indies

By Corona A.M.
Eur. J. Entomol. 102: 737–776, 2005

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Contributed by v belov on 14 February, 2015 - 2:54pm

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