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Species Agrilus limpiae

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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 limpiae (Agrilus limpiae)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus limpiae Knull 1941
Probably a reference to Limpia Creek in the Davis Mountains
Identification
Agrilus limpiae can be separated from the common eastern species A. obsoletoguttatus by the serrations on the lateral lobes of the aedeagus near the apex and pubescent markings more prominent.
Range
KS-TX - Map (1)(2), mostly TX
Food
Larval host: Western Soapberry (Sapindus saponaria, Sapindaceae)(1)
Print References
Knull J.N. (1941) A new Texas Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Entomological News 52: 98-100.
Knull J.N. (1944) New Coleoptera with notes (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Ohio J. Sci. 44: 90-93.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 19 August, 2008 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, jahansen, v belov
Last updated 1 May, 2022 - 6:27pm

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