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Species Acmaeoderopsis junki

is this A. junki? - Acmaeoderopsis junki

Acmaeoderopsis junki (Thery) - Acmaeoderopsis junki

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 Acmaeoderopsis

Species junki (Acmaeoderopsis junki)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acmaeoderopsis junki (Thery)

Orig. Comb: Acmaeodera junki Thery 1929 (1)

Explanation of Names

patronym for Wilhelm Junk (1866-1942), a Czech natural history, bibliographer bookseller and entomologist.

Numbers

12 spp. of Mex. (1)

Range

s. CA to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Food

Larval hosts: Acacia, Parkinsonia, Prosopis;

Adults on: Acacia, Jatropha, Prosopis (1)

Remarks

Type locality: Florence, Pinal Co., AZ (1)

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 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 May, 2019 - 7:48pm

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