Species Acmaeodera natlovei

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Acmaeodera natlovei Hansen - Acmaeodera natlovei

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 Polycestinae

Tribe Acmaeoderini

Subtribe Acmaeoderina

Genus Acmaeodera

Species natlovei (Acmaeodera natlovei)

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera natlovei Hansen 2023

Named to honor Nat Love(1)

Size

5‒7 mm(1)

Range

AZ‒w.TX(1), most records Del Rio, TX to Albuquerque, NM(2)

Season

Peak flight in May; present from end of Apr to Aug(1)

Food

Larval hosts: Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Juglans microcarpa, and likely others

Remarks

Adults feed on the petals and pollen of various yellow and white flowers

Works Cited

1.	Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from the southwestern United States... Hansen J.A. 2023. Insecta Mundi 1012: 1–52.

2.	iNaturalist

Contributed by Jason Hansen on 30 October, 2023 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Joel DuBois
Last updated 21 February, 2025 - 1:13pm

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