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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Hippomelanina » Hippomelas » Hippomelas planicauda

Species Hippomelas planicauda

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large Buprestid - Hippomelas planicauda Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Hippomelas planicauda Hippomelas planicauda Casey - Hippomelas planicauda Hippomelas planicauda Hippomelas planicauda Arizona Buprestid - Hippomelas planicauda Arizona Buprestid - Hippomelas planicauda Hippomelas planicauda - male
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 Chrysochroinae
Tribe Dicercini
Subtribe Hippomelanina
Genus Hippomelas
Species planicauda (Hippomelas planicauda)
Explanation of Names
Hippomelas planicauda Casey 1909
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
Jul-Nov. (BG data)
Life Cycle
adults coll'ed on var. woody legumes (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Cochise Co., AZ
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1909. Studies in the American Buprestidae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 11: 47–178.
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
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 Will Chatfield-Taylor on 8 October, 2008 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 May, 2019 - 10:19pm

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