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Species Brachys ovatus

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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 Tracheini
Subtribe Brachyina
Genus Brachys
Species ovatus (Brachys ovatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachys ovatus (Weber)
Orig. Comb: Buprestis ovatus Weber, 1801
Size
5-7 mm
Identification
Larger than some other commonly found members of this genus (aerosus, aeruginosus). Last abdominal sternite emarginate and fimbriate in female, rounded and not pubescent in male.(1) Dorsally, the white-margined band of bronze pubescence before the apex of the elytra and longitudinal rows of bronze setae in the basal half of the elytra are usually sufficient for distinguishing this species in Missouri. (MacRae 2009)
Range
e NA to Rockies (AZ-FL-QC-MT) / Mex. (2)
Habitat
Deciduous forests; associated with oaks
Food
larvae mine in oak leaves (2)
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
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.