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

Species Buprestis lyrata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
We thought our green bup from Diamond Lake was big... - Buprestis lyrata - female Jewel Beetle - Buprestis lyrata metallic green buprestid - Buprestis lyrata Black with a red face - Buprestis lyrata Wood borer? - Buprestis lyrata Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Buprestis lyrata Wood borer? red and creme coloured marking on face - Buprestis lyrata Wood borer? red and creme coloured marking on face - Buprestis lyrata
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 Buprestini
Genus Buprestis
No Taxon (subgenus Buprestis)
Species lyrata (Buprestis lyrata)
Explanation of Names
Buprestis lyrata Casey 1909
Size
ca. 2 cm
Identification
Range
w NA (CA-TX-SD-WA) / sw. Can. (1)
Food
Larvae in Abies grandis, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1909. Studies in the American Buprestidae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 11: 47–178.
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.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2008 - 5:39pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 April, 2016 - 4:45pm

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