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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Spectralia » Spectralia prosternalis

Species Spectralia prosternalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Buprestinae
Genus Spectralia
Species prosternalis (Spectralia prosternalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spectralia prosternalis (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Cinyra prosternalis Schaeffer 1904
Numbers
6 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
12-16 mm (Schaeffer 1904)
Identification

Det. D. J. Heffern, 2010
S. prosternalis is rarer than S. robusta, but has a smoother pronotum.
Both have been reared from persimmon.
Range
s. TX (Cameron, Duval, and Hidalgo counties) - Map (2)(3)
Season
Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
April (1), May (3), June (3), July (1). (Riley & King 2009, plus pic posted here)
Food
Larvae in dead Texas Persimmon (Capote) - Diospyros texana (Ebenaceae) (1)(4)(5)(1)
Range - USDA
Life Cycle
"Emergence holes indicate that this species bores in the heart and sapwood of health capote [persimmon]. Often large amounts of gum exudes from the emergence soles and other mechanical injuries of these trees." (Vogt 1949)
This association was confirmed recently by MacRae (2006), who states "...cut ex dead trunk Diospyros texana. The specimen was cut from sound, dry, dead wood,...."
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas (1)
Texas considers this a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (6)
See Also
The only other species of the genus to occur in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is S. robusta (Chamberlain) (MacRae 2006).
Spectralia robusta (Chamberlain)

Det. E. G. Riley, 2010
Print References
MacRae, T.C. 2006. Distributional and biological notes on North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera), with comments on variation in Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridicornis (Say) and A. (H.) viridfrons Gory. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199. (4)
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. [cite:]]1636505]
Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197-236. (Full Text)
Vogt, G.H. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.
Internet References
Tyep Info - Smithsonian
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.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Dist. and bio notes on N. Amer. Buprestidae, w/ comments on var. in Anthaxia viridicornis (Say) and A. viridfrons Gory.
MacRae, T.C. 2006. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 82(2): 166–199.
5.A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
Vogt, G.B. 1949. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(2): 191-202.
6.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 November, 2009 - 10:47am
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 2:53pm

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