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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 flavomarginata

Species Acmaeodera flavomarginata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Beetles on Sunflower - Acmaeodera flavomarginata beetle - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Yellow-bordered Flower Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Buprestid - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Beetle - Acmaeodera flavomarginata Acmaeodera flavomarginata Acmaeodera chiricahuae? - Acmaeodera flavomarginata
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 flavomarginata (Acmaeodera flavomarginata)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray 1832)
Size
11-12 mm (Wikimedia Commons--image with scale)
Identification
Can be separated from Acmaeodera chiricahuae by having the red elytral fasciae not interrupted at middle, the yellow lateral stripe not distinctly expanded medially and the lack of a subapical plate on 5th ventrite.
Range
c. & w. TX to Brazil - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
Adults common on flowers of Asteraceae(1)
Season
Sept-Nov in TX (BG data)
Food
Larvae in Acacia, Diospyros, Prosopis(1)
Internet References
Texas Entomology (Quinn 2009)
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 Stuart Rose on 18 November, 2005 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, jahansen, v belov
Last updated 17 January, 2021 - 8:21pm

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