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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Chalcophora

Genus Chalcophora

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Drop Down Visitor? - Chalcophora virginiensis Unknown Beautiful silvery large beetle - Chalcophora virginiensis 2 inch Beetle - Chalcophora angulicollis Beetle - Chalcophora virginiensis beetle - Chalcophora fortis Soft-bodied Plant Beetle? - Chalcophora angulicollis Sculptured pine borer - Chalcophora virginiensis Chalcophora liberta
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 Chrysochroinae
Tribe Chrysochroini
Genus Chalcophora
Explanation of Names
Chalcophora Dejean 1833
'copper-bearing'
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 20 worldwide(1)
Identification
key to NA spp. in(2)
key to three southeastern spp.
Range
Americas & Eurasia(1); our spp.: C. virginiensis e. NA; C. fortis ne. NA (NB-NJ-MI-IA west to MB-MT); C. liberta e. NA (PQ-FL west to MB-TX); C. georgiana GA-MS; C. angulicollis w. NA (BC-CA east to SD-TX)(3)
Remarks
member of the subtribe Chalcophorina Lacordaire 1857
Works Cited
1.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
2.Reevaluation of Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) and Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) with a review and key...
Maier C.A., Ivie M.A. 2013. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 457-469.
3.Bellamy C.L. The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 22 February, 2015 - 6:48pm

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