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Species Anthaxia inornata

Buprestid? - Anthaxia inornata insect - Anthaxia inornata Metallic wood boring beetle from Yellowstone 10.07.07 - Anthaxia inornata Metallic Wood-Boring beetle - Anthaxia inornata Buprestidae - Anthaxia inornata Beetle - Anthaxia inornata Unidentified beetle feeding on wild strawberry flower - Anthaxia inornata Anthaxia inornata
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 Anthaxiini
Genus Anthaxia
No Taxon (Subgenus Melanthaxia)
Species inornata (Anthaxia inornata)
Explanation of Names
Anthaxia inornata (Randall 1838)
Size
4-8 mm(1)
Range
northern transcontinental (across Canada & adjacent US)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.