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Agrilus parabdactus
Species
Agrilus parabdactus
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
Agrilinae
Tribe
Agrilini
Genus
Agrilus
Species
parabdactus
(Agrilus parabdactus)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus parabdactus
Knull 1954
Size
Length 3.7 mm
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Range
s. TX / Mex. -
Map
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Life Cycle
adults on
Acacia
sp.
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Remarks
Type Locality: Lake Corpus Christi, San Patricio County, Texas. Other paratypes Frio Co. and Val Verde Co.
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Print References
Knull, J.N. 1954. Five new North American species of Buprestidae. The Ohio Journal of Science 54(1): 27-30.
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Works Cited
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Five new North American species of Buprestidae.
Knull, J.N. 1954. The Ohio Journal of Science 54(1): 27-30.
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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.
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 16 December, 2016 - 8:06pm
Last updated 11 December, 2019 - 9:42am