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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Buprestis (Buprestis subgenus Buprestis) » Lined Buprestis (Buprestis lineata)

Species Buprestis lineata - Lined Buprestis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Buprestis lineata - female Buprestis lineata - female Red Striped Beetle on Pine Tree - Buprestis lineata metallic woodborer? - Buprestis lineata N Central FL - Buprestis lineata Buprestis lineata - Lined Buprestis? - Buprestis lineata Lined Buprestis? - Buprestis lineata Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Buprestis lineata
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
Tribe Buprestini
Genus Buprestis
No Taxon (subgenus Buprestis)
Species lineata (Lined Buprestis)
Explanation of Names
Buprestis lineata Fabricius, 1775
Size
11-15 mm
Range
e NA (NS-FL to IN-TX), W. Indies(1)
Food
Larvae in dead pines (Pinus)
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.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 March, 2005 - 10:52am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, mfdigiro, metrioptera
Last updated 8 October, 2021 - 12:31pm

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