Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Spectralia » Spectralia roburella

Species Spectralia roburella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Spectralia roburella (Knull) - Spectralia roburella
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
Genus Spectralia
Species roburella (Spectralia roburella)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spectralia roburella (Knull)
Orig. Comb: Cinyra roburella Knull 1941
Range
w. to c. TX - Map (1)(2)(3), Davis Mtns, Chisos Mtns, Lost Maple St. Pk.
Life Cycle
larvae host in sandpaper oak (Quercus vaseyana, Fagaceae) (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Davis Mountains, Texas (2)
See Also
This species should stand next to C. gracilipes (Melsh.) according to Chamberlin's (1920) key. However it differs by being more robust, dull, and having a convex pronotum, more densely punctured dorsal surface and by structure of the male genitalia. (1)
Print References
Chamberlin, W.J. 1920. Description of one new buprestid with notes on other little known species (Coleop.). Entomological News 31: 241-244. (4)
Knull, J.N. 1941. Two new Texas Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Entomological News 52: 98-100. (1)
Works Cited
1.Two new Texas Buprestidae (Coleoptera).
Knull, J.N. 1941. Entomological News 52(4): 98-100.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Description of one new buprestid with notes on other little known species (Coleop.).
Chamberlin. W.J. 1920. Entomological News 31: 241-244.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 February, 2016 - 4:29pm
Last updated 3 December, 2020 - 11:58am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact