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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera paradisjuncta

Species Acmaeodera paradisjuncta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Knull - Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Black, yellow, and red buprestid - Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Black, yellow, and red buprestid - Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Acmaeodera paradisjuncta - female Acmaeodera paradisjuncta - female Maybe Acmaeodera rubronotata? - Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Acmaeodera paradisjuncta A. paradisjuncta or disjuncta? - Acmaeodera paradisjuncta
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 Polycestinae
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species paradisjuncta (Acmaeodera paradisjuncta)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Knull 1940
Range
s. NM to sw. TX / n. Mex - Map (1)(2)
Food
Larvae in common sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri, Liliaceae)
Adults on flowers of Baileya, Jefa, Mentzelia, Porophyllum, Psilostrophe, Viguiera (1)
Remarks
Type locality: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns (1)
See Also
closely resembles Acmaeodera disjuncta Fall and undoubtedly is confused with it in collections. It can be separated by its less robust structure and by the flare of the sides of the elytra. (Knull, 1940)
- Range: AZ to w. TX / Mex.
Det. R.L. Westcott, 2012
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1940. A new Acmaeodera from the Southwest (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 40: 36. (Full Text)
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 Joshua P. Basham on 25 September, 2009 - 2:07pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 April, 2019 - 10:59am

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