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Tribe Tracheini

Pachyschelus purpureus (Say) - Pachyschelus purpureus - female Buprestidae: Brachys? - Brachys aerosus Pachyschelus on Desmodium canadense - Pachyschelus laevigatus Unknown - Brachys aerosus St. Andrews leaf miner on Rhynchosia tomentosa SA1020 2017 3 - Pachyschelus laevigatus Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Ulmus alata D847 2017 3 - Brachys Taphrocerus chevrolati? - Taphrocerus chevrolati Whiskey Still Lane leaf miner on Quercus margaretta D4209A 2022 1 - Brachys
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 Agrilinae
Tribe Tracheini
Pronunciation
Trachyini [misspelling that is prevalent in literature]
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tracheini Laporte 1835(1) or Gory & Laporte 1839(2)
Numbers
4 subtribes, with 32 spp. in 5 genera in our area(3) and ~2000 spp. in 11 genera worldwide (only one genus is monotypic, the second smallest includes 32 spp.)(2)
Range
worldwide (7 genera are precinctive to the New World)(2) and most of our area, esp. e. and so. US(3)
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P. et al. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
2.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
3.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.