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Species Xenorhipis osborni

Xenorhipis osborni - male Xenorhipis osborni - female Xenorhipis osborni Knull - Xenorhipis osborni - male Xenorhipis osborni Knull - Xenorhipis osborni - female Xenorhipis osborni Knull - Xenorhipis osborni - male Xenorhipis osborni Knull - Xenorhipis osborni - female Xenorhipis osborni Knull - Xenorhipis osborni - female Xenorhipis osborni - female
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 Xenorhipidini
Subtribe Xenorhipidina
Genus Xenorhipis
Species osborni (Xenorhipis osborni)
Explanation of Names
Xenorhipis osborni Knull 1936
Patronym for Herbert Osborn (1856-1954), an American entomologist.
Numbers
3 Nearctic spp. (1)
Size
5.5 mm (Knull 1936)
Range
w. to sw. TX - Map (1)(2)
Season
April (BG data)
Food
Larvae in Whitethorn Acacia - Vachellia (=Acacia) constricta (Fabaceae) (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains (1)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1936. Five new southwestern Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomological News 47: 73-75; 105-108. (3)
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Five new southwestern Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae).
Knull, J.N. 1936. Entomological News 47: 73-75; 105-108. .