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Species Agrilus taeniatus

Agrilus taeniatus Chevrolat - Agrilus taeniatus
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species taeniatus (Agrilus taeniatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Agrilus sapindicola Vogt 1949a
sapindicola (L). 'Sapindus dweller' (1)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus taeniatus Chevrolat 1835
taeniatus (G). 'a band, ribbon' (1)
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo Co.) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
adults coll'ed on western soapberry - Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Sapindaceae) (2)
Remarks
Type Locality of Agrilus sapindicola Vogt: 1 mi S Granjeno, Hidalgo Co., TX
Print References
Hespenheide, H.A. 1979. Nomenclatural notes on the Agrilinae (Buprestidae). IV. The Coleopterists Bulletin 33(1): 105-120. (4)
Vogt, G.B. 1949. Five new species of Buprestidae from southern Texas (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(1): 48-54.
Vogt, G.B. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(2): 191-202.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.Nomenclatural notes on the Agrilinae (Buprestidae). IV.
Hespenheide, H.A. 1979. The Coleopterists Bulletin 33(1): 105-120.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 February, 2016 - 8:45am
Last updated 2 May, 2019 - 4:39pm

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