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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris lucana

Species Chrysobothris lucana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Chrysobothris lucana Horn, 1894 - Chrysobothris lucana - male Shiny green bup - Chrysobothris lucana On Palo Verde - Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana Horn - Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana Chrysobothris lucana
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 Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Species lucana (Chrysobothris lucana)
Explanation of Names
Author: Horn, 1894 (1)
Range
OR-CA-AZ / Mex (1)
Season
May-Aug (BG data)
Food
Larvae in jojoba - Simmondsia chinensis (Simmondsiaceae) (1)
USDA Plants Database
Remarks
Type locality: Mexico, Baja CA, San Jose del Cabo (1)
See Also

Chrysobothris analis LeConte
Range: AZ-TX / Mex.

- Note: reddish-copper color on the forelegs
Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata Schaeffer
Range: CA-AZ / Mex.
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1894. The Coleoptera of Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 2, 4: 302-449, plate 7-8.
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.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 December, 2008 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 September, 2013 - 4:20pm

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