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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Agrilus sapindi

Species Agrilus sapindi

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Agrilus sapindi Knull - Agrilus sapindi Agrilus sapindi Knull - Agrilus sapindi
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species sapindi (Agrilus sapindi)
Other Common Names
Native Soapberry Borer
Explanation of Names
Agrilus sapindi Knull 1938
Range
NM to s. TX, KS - Map (1)(2)
Food
Adults host on Western Soapberry - Sapindus saponaria L. var. drummondii (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns. (1)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1938. New Southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 31: 135-143.
Nelson, G.H., D.S. Verity, & R.L. Westcott, 1981. Additional notes on the biology and distribution of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 35(2): 129-151.
Nelson, G.H. & R.L. Westcott. 1976. Notes on the distribution, synonymy, and biology of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 30(3): 273-284.
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 Mike Quinn on 5 May, 2009 - 10:04am
Last updated 12 December, 2019 - 9:45am

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