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Species Xenorhipis hidalgoensis

Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - male Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - female Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - female Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - male Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - male Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull - Xenorhipis hidalgoensis - 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 Buprestinae
Tribe Xenorhipidini
Subtribe Xenorhipidina
Genus Xenorhipis
Species hidalgoensis (Xenorhipis hidalgoensis)
Explanation of Names
Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull, 1952
Type Locality: Hidalgo County, Texas (1)
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
male & female

Det. E. G. Riley 2009
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron cos.) / ne. Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)
Life Cycle
reared from dead branch of Brazil (Condalia hookeri, Rhamnaceae) (BG data)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1952. A new species of Xenorhipis from Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Entomological News 63: 177-178.
Nelson, G.H., D.S. Verity & R.L. Westcott. 1981. Additional notes on the biology and distribution of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of North America. Coleopterists Bulletin 35(2): 129-151. (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.Additional notes on the biology and distribution of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of North America.
Nelson, G.H., D.S. Verity & R.L. Westcott. 1981. Coleopterists Bulletin 35(2): 129-151.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 March, 2009 - 11:43pm
Last updated 27 March, 2019 - 5:18pm

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