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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 maculifera

Species Acmaeodera maculifera

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Buprestid - Acmaeodera maculifera Spotted buprestid - Acmaeodera maculifera Spotted buprestid - Acmaeodera maculifera Acmaeodera maculifera? - Acmaeodera maculifera Acmaeodera maculifera? - Acmaeodera maculifera Acmaeodera maculifera? - Acmaeodera maculifera Acmaeodera maculifera? - Acmaeodera maculifera Acmaeodera maculifera? - Acmaeodera maculifera
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 maculifera (Acmaeodera maculifera)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera maculifera Horn 1894
Identification
Can be separated from Acmaeodera princeps by having the pronotum explanate, the basal angle often produced.
Range
sw. US (NM to w. TX) & Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
Adults on flowers of Baileya, Bigelowia, Chrysothamnus, Helianthus, Sphaeralcea, Verbesina(1)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1894. The Coleoptera of Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 2, 4: 302-449.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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 - 2:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, jahansen, v belov
Last updated 14 October, 2021 - 10:09pm

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