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Species Chrysobothris fiskei

Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher - Chrysobothris fiskei Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher - Chrysobothris fiskei beetle - Chrysobothris fiskei
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
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Species fiskei (Chrysobothris fiskei)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher 1942
patronym for William F. Fiske (1876-1914), an American entomologist.
Range
TX-OK / Mex. (1)
Fairly wide ranging across the southwest (Ted C. MacRae, 17 May, 2010)
Food
Larvae host in Cercis canadensis var. texansis and Quercus vaseyana (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: TX: Uvalde Co., Montell
See Also
C. bimarginicollis - restricted to Arizona (Ted C. MacRae, 17 May, 2010)
Print References
Fisher W.S. 1942. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini. United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publications, No. 470: 1-275.
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.