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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae

Subfamily Buprestinae

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Melanophilini » Melanophila » Black Fire Beetle (Melanophila acuminata)

The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata ...

By H. Schmitz and H. Bleckmann
J. Comp. Physiol. A 182: 647-657, 1998

H. Schmitz and H. Bleckmann, The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), J. Comp. Physiol. A 182: 647-657, 1998.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 11 February, 2020 - 4:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » femorata species-group (Chrysobothris femorata species-group)

Molecular systematics of the Chrysobothris femorata species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).

By Hansen, et al.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108(5): 950-963., 2015

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Hansen, J.A., J.K. Moulton, W.E. Klingeman, J.B. Oliver, M.T. Windham , R.N. Trigiano, M.E. Reding. 2015. Molecular systematics of the Chrysobothris femorata species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108(5): 950-963.

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The Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) species group has expanded to 12 recognized species. Many of these species are sympatric, share larval host plants, and are difficult to reliably separate morphologically.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 March, 2017 - 9:48am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » femorata species-group (Chrysobothris femorata species-group)

A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae)

By Wellso S.G., Manley G.V.
Zootaxa 1652: 1-26, 2007

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Contributed by v belov on 11 May, 2012 - 9:35pm

A new species of Actenodes from the United States with a key to the species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

By Nelson G.H.
Col. Bull. 33: 87-91, 1979

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Contributed by v belov on 8 November, 2017 - 3:48pm

The chrysobothrine genus Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shankij and Rikhter, new status...

By Bellamy C.L., Volkovitsh M.G.
Col. Bull. 51: 59-70, 1997

Full title: The chrysobothrine genus Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shankij and Rikhter, new status, with new combinations from North America and North Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

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Contributed by v belov on 19 February, 2015 - 4:24pm

A revision of the genus Agrilaxia of the Central and North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

By Bílý S.
Folia Heyrovskyana, Suppl. 15. 82 pp., 2018

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2 spp. added to our fauna (a new sp. from TX and one resurrected species)

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Contributed by v belov on 3 October, 2019 - 6:19pm

The infrared sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata as model for new infrared sensors

By H. Schmitz, V. Norkus, Norbert Hess, and H. Bousack
Proceedings of SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, May, 2009

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 13 February, 2020 - 8:14am

Two New Chrysobothris (Buprestidae: Coleoptera)

By J. N. Knull
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(1): 34-36, 1943

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Descriptions of Chrysobothris culbersoniana and Chrysobothris crandalli

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Contributed by Joel DuBois on 16 August, 2021 - 7:46pm

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