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Species Acmaeodera starrae

Acmaeodera starrae Knull - Acmaeodera starrae

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 starrae (Acmaeodera starrae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acmaeodera starrae Knull, 1966

Size

4.8 to 6 mm (1)

Identification

Det. G. H. Nelson, 1972

Range

Starr Co., TX - Map (1)(2)

Season

Mar-Apr (1)

Life Cycle

host unk. (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: 5 mi W Sullivan City, Starr Co., TX (1)

See Also

This species is near A. neglecta Fall. It differs from it and other small Acmaeodera found in that area by its black color and irregular yellow stripe on each elytron. The habits were different, in that all the specimens were taken from the ground where they had alighted. None were found in flowers. (1)

Acmaeodera robigo Knull

- Range: TX-OK

Det. S. Wellso, 1996

Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson

- Range: w. TX / Mex.

Det. W. F. Barr

Acmaeodera neoneglecta Fisher

- Range: s. & w. TX to Mex.

Det. Richard L. Westcott, 2012

Print References

Knull, J.N. 1966. Two new species of Acmaeodera from Southeastern Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 66: 332-334. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Two new species of Acmaeodera from southeastern Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Knull, J.N. 1966. The Ohio Journal of Science 66: 332-334.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	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.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 January, 2016 - 5:28pm
Last updated 9 June, 2021 - 7:54pm

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