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Genus Chrysobothris

BG2165 E0353 - Chrysobothris Chrysobothris sexsignata? - Chrysobothris sexsignata Chrysobothris ludificata Chrysobothris sexsignata - female Chrysobothris sp. - Chrysobothris dentipes Chrysobothris parapiuta - male Complex Chrysobothris Femorata - Chrysobothris Chrysobothris chrysoela
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 Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1) (~20 spp. added since); femorata species-group revised in (2)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829
'golden-pitted'
Numbers
>130 spp. in our area (>30 reach Canada; almost 70 in CA)(3)(4)(5), >680 total(6)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(7)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini
Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.
2.A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae)
Wellso S.G., Manley G.V. 2007. Zootaxa 1652: 1-26.
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
4.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
5.California Beetle Project
6.Catalogue of Life
7.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 15 March, 2005 - 8:22am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 July, 2024 - 4:35pm

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