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Species Agrilus lecontei

Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher - Agrilus lecontei

Buprestid from Hackberry or Juneberry - Agrilus lecontei

metallic wood-boring beetle - Agrilus lecontei

Buprestidae - Agrilus lecontei - metallic wood-boring beetle? - Agrilus lecontei

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 Agrilinae

Tribe Agrilini

Genus Agrilus

Species lecontei (Agrilus lecontei)

Other Common Names

Hackberry Agrilus

Explanation of Names

celticola - 'Celtis dweller' (1)

Numbers

2 Subspecies:

Agrilus lecontei lecontei Saunders, 1871

Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher, 1928

Identification

Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Range

e. NA to AZ / Mex. - Map (2)(3)

Season

Mar-Aug, but most common in early spring (Vogt 1949)(3)

Food

nominate subsp. hosts in several spp. of Celtis (2)

southern subsp. has a wider var. of hosts: Granjeno (several), Hackberry (common), Soapberry (several) (Vogt 1949)

Remarks

Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas

See Also

Agrilus abductus Horn

- Range: se US (TX-GA-NC-TN)

Det. A. D. Smith, 2003

Print References

Fisher, W.S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin, 145: 1-347.

Vogt, G.H. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 18 July, 2008 - 10:40am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 March, 2024 - 10:17pm

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