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Species Brachys aeruginosus

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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 Tracheini
Subtribe Brachyina
Genus Brachys
Species aeruginosus (Brachys aeruginosus)
Explanation of Names
Brachys aeruginosus Gory 1841
aeruginosus = 'covered with verdigis; rusty'
Range
e. NA (QC-ME-FL to ON-SD-TX)(1)(TX record per E.G. Riley, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2011)
Life Cycle
Adults on oaks (Quercus)(1)(2)
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.
2.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.