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Species Chrysobothris dentipes

Chalcophora sp? - Chrysobothris dentipes Buprestid - Chrysobothris dentipes - female Chrysobothris dentipes - male Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Chrysobothris dentipes Sculptured Pine Borer - Chalcophora virginiensis? - Chrysobothris dentipes Chrysobothris sp. - Chrysobothris dentipes Chrysobothris dentipes Chrysobothris dentipes
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
Species dentipes (Chrysobothris dentipes)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris dentipes (Germar 1824)
dentipes 'toothed leg'
Size
12-18 mm(1)
Range
most of the US & Canada(1)(2)
Food
hosts: various Pinaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by tom murray on 27 May, 2005 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 May, 2022 - 7:06pm

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