Species Brachys aeruginosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Oak-feeding buprestid - Brachys aeruginosus

Brachys on Quercus ilicifolia - Brachys aeruginosus - male - female

Brachys aeruginosus? - Brachys aeruginosus

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 Unpublished Thesis.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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 August, 2007 - 3:37am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 September, 2013 - 9:30am

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