Species Actenodes flexicaulis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer - Actenodes flexicaulis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles)

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Buprestinae

Tribe Actenodini

Genus Actenodes

Species flexicaulis (Actenodes flexicaulis)

Explanation of Names

Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer 1904

Size

Length 7.50-10.25 mm (Schaeffer 1904)

Identification

posterior angles of pronotum converging vs. Actenodes calcarata (1)

Range

southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Cos.) / Mex. Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Season

Mid April through early June (Vogt 1949)

Food

I have taken a small number of this fine species from branches of Ebenopsis ebano (=Acacia flexicaulis) in which it undoubtedly breeds; no specimens were taken on any other tree. (Schaeffer 1904)

Remarks

Type series: Esperanza Ranch and S. Tomas [Sabal Palm Sanctuary], Brownsville, Tex. Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. (Schaeffer 1904)

Print References

Fisher, W.S. 1942. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275. (1)

Manley, G.V. 1977. Descriptions of the male of Agrilus esperanzae Knull and the female of Agrilus oblongus Fisher, and notes on other Buprestidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 31(1): 79-82. (3)

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. (2)

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini Fisher W.S. 1942. USDA Miscellaneous Publication 470: 1-275.

2.	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.

3.	Descriptions of the male of Agrilus esperanzae Knull and the female of Agrilus oblongus Fisher, and notes on other Buprestidae. Manley, G.V. 1977. The Coleopterists Bulletin 31(1): 79-82.

4.	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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 November, 2009 - 1:55pm
Last updated 27 March, 2019 - 5:21pm

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