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Species Agrilus walsinghami

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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 walsinghami (Agrilus walsinghami)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus walsinghami Crotch 1873
Size
♂ 12 mm, ♀ 13 mm(1)
Range
w. US (WA-CA to ID-NM) - Map (2)(3)
Season
mostly July-Sept (3)
Food
Asso. w/ the arid-lands shrub rubber rabbitbrush, Ericameria (=Chrysothamnus) nauseosa (Asteraceae)
Remarks
Type Locality: Oregon
Print References
Crotch, G.R. 1873. Notes on the species of Buprestidae found in the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 84-96.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus.
Fisher W.S. 1928. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 145: 1-347.
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 9 August, 2008 - 2:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2022 - 1:23pm

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