Species Acmaeodera neglecta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

bug, black and brown - Acmaeodera neglecta

Acmaeodera neglecta - Acmaeodera neglecta

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 Polycestinae

Tribe Acmaeoderini

Subtribe Acmaeoderina

Genus Acmaeodera

Species neglecta (Acmaeodera neglecta)

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera neglecta Fall 1899

Identification

highly variable, similar to A. tubulus, but elytra less shiny and more strongly punctate. The joining of the basal elytral yellow spots into C-shaped markings occurs commonly in this species but rarely in A. tubulus. ‒T.C. MacRae, 7.iv.2008

Range

NM to the edge of e. TX to MO(1)(2)(3)

Food

Larvae in Quercus, Ulmus(2)

Print References

(4)(5)

Works Cited

1.	Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the southwestern United States... Hansen J.A. 2023. Insecta Mundi 1012: 1–52.

2.	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.

3.	The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Missouri MacRae T.C. 1991. Insecta Mundi 5(2): 101-126.

4.	Distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in N. and C. America and the W. Indies, w/ validation of one sp. MacRae, T.C. & G.H. Nelson. 2003. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1): 57-70.

5.	Dist. and bio notes on N. Amer. Buprestidae, w/ comments on var. in Anthaxia viridicornis (Say) and A. viridfrons Gory. MacRae, T.C. 2006. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 14 December, 2007 - 10:44pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Tony-2, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 October, 2023 - 10:31pm

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