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Species Buprestis maculipennis

Buprestis maculipennis TX - Wood Boring Beetle - Buprestis maculipennis TX - Wood Boring Beetle - Buprestis maculipennis Buprestis maculipennis Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Buprestis maculipennis Buprestidae - Buprestis maculipennis Buprestis maculipennis - male Buprestis maculipennis
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 Buprestinae
Tribe Buprestini
Genus Buprestis
No Taxon (subgenus Buprestis)
Species maculipennis (Buprestis maculipennis)
Explanation of Names
Buprestis maculipennis Gory 1841
Size
10-15 mm
Range
e NA (QC-FL to SK-TX) - Map (1)(2), mainly southeastern, sporadic in boreal forest
Habitat
Pine forests
Life Cycle
reported larval hosts: Pinus, Taxodium, Tsuga(1)
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)