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Species Chrysobothris rugosiceps

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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 Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
No Taxon (femorata species-group)
Species rugosiceps (Chrysobothris rugosiceps)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris rugosiceps Melsheimer 1845
rugosiceps = 'wrinkle-headed'
Size
♂ 10.8–13.5 mm, ♀ 11.0–15.3 mm(1)
Identification

Last antennomere quadrate (narrowed in the rest of the Ch. femorata complex)(1); males often have yellow below and females more reddish with less yellow (J.P. Basham, 7.xi.2009)
Range
QC-FL to MB-ND-TX(2)
Food
Larvae in American chestnut and various oaks(2)
Works Cited
1.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.
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.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 21 December, 2007 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 June, 2013 - 4:30pm

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