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Species Acmaeodera riograndei

Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson - Acmaeodera riograndei Acmaeodera riograndei - female Acmaeodera riograndei - female Acmaeodera riograndei - female Acmaeodera riograndei - female Acmaeodera riograndei - female
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 riograndei (Acmaeodera riograndei)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson 1980
Identification

Det. W. F. Barr
Range
w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
larval hosts unk., adults taken from flowers (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Oak Springs, W. side of Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., TX (1)
See Also
Acmaeodera starrae Knull
- Range: s. TX
Det. G. H. Nelson, 1972

Acmaeodera robigo Knull
- Range: TX-OK
Det. S. Wellso, 1996
Print References
Nelson, G.H. 1980. A new species of Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Pan-Pacific Entomology 56: 175.
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 Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2016 - 10:19am
Last updated 9 June, 2021 - 7:55pm

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