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Subspecies Pachyschelus purpureus purpureus

Lots of Geranium in the Woods - Pachyschelus purpureus - male - female Blue triangular beetle - Pachyschelus purpureus Buprestidae, Wild geranium leaf miner, upper side of leaf - Pachyschelus purpureus Buprestidae, Wild geranium leaf miner, under side of leaf - Pachyschelus purpureus Buprestidae, cocoon, outer layer opened, pupa - Pachyschelus purpureus Buprestidae, pupa darkened - Pachyschelus purpureus Pachyschelus purpureus Tiny black bug with white markings and pointy back end - Pachyschelus purpureus
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 Tracheini
Genus Pachyschelus
Species purpureus (Pachyschelus purpureus)
Subspecies purpureus (Pachyschelus purpureus purpureus)
Range
NY-ON-MN to AL-AZ(1)
Food
host: Geranium spp.(2)
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.A reconsideration of Pachyschelus schwarzi Kerremans and a review of American Pachyschelus North of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae)
Hespenheide H.A. 2003. Col. Bull. 57: 459-468.
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 16 August, 2008 - 10:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2012 - 5:44pm

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