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Trigonogya
Genus
Trigonogya
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon
(Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily
Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles)
Family
Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily
Polycestinae
Tribe
Haplostethini
Genus
Trigonogya
Explanation of Names
Trigonogya
Schaeffer 1919
Numbers
monotypic genus
(
1
)
Range
TX
(
2
)
Food
Larvae in Mexican ash -
Fraxinus berlandieriana
(Oleaceae)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
2.
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
Mike Quinn
on 29 April, 2009 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by
Joshua P. Basham
,
v belov
Last updated 11 August, 2013 - 10:06am