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Species Spectralia roburella

Spectralia roburella (Knull) - Spectralia roburella
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles)
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

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