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Species Nanularia pygmaea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Nanularia pygmaea (Knull) - Nanularia pygmaea
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 Chrysochroinae
Tribe Chrysochroini
Genus Nanularia
Species pygmaea (Nanularia pygmaea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nanularia pygmaea (Knull)
Orig. Comb: Hippomelas pygmaea Knull 1941
Size
8mm
Range
w. TX (1)
Season
Holotype collected June 28, 1940.
Life Cycle
larvae host and adult associates unk. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Val Verde Co., TX (1)
Print References
Bellamy, C.L. 1987. A revision of the genera Nanularia and Ampheremus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 387:1-20, Figs. 1-40.
Knull, J.N. 1941. Nine new Coleoptera (Plastoceridae, Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Ohio Journal of Science 41(5): 381-388.
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.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 January, 2016 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by jahansen
Last updated 25 September, 2022 - 3:59pm

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