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Species Agrilus macer

TX - wood boring beetle - Agrilus macer - male - 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 Agrilinae

Tribe Agrilini

Genus Agrilus

Species macer (Agrilus macer)

Explanation of Names

Agrilus macer LeConte 1858

macer 'meager, thin'

Size

8.5‒16.0 mm(1)

Identification

large, w/prominent elytral ridges • Holotype

Range

se coastal US to w.TX; Mexico [map](1)(2)(3)

Food

larvae in Celtis spp.(2)

Works Cited

1.	Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of South Carolina Harpootlian, P.J. and C.L. Bellamy. 2014. Clemson University.

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 Mike Quinn on 31 July, 2008 - 11:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 8 February, 2024 - 10:30pm

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