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

Species Acmaeodera tiquilia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Acmaeodera tiquilia Westcott & Barr - Acmaeodera tiquilia
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 tiquilia (Acmaeodera tiquilia)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera tiquilia Westcott & Barr 1998
adults on flowers of Tiquilia spp. (Boraginaceae) (1)
Range
w. TX - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
larvae host in rough jointfir (Ephedra aspera, Ephedraceae); adults on flowers of Tiquilia spp. (Boraginaceae) (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Lower Pine Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., Texas (1)
Print References
Westcott, R.L. and W.F. Barr. 1998. A new species of Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Big Bend National Park, Texas, with synonymy for other species occurring in the United States. Insecta Mundi 12(1&2): 53-57.
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 - 11:48am
Last updated 9 June, 2022 - 9:42am

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