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Species Acmaeodera obtusa

Representative Images

Acmaeodera? - Acmaeodera obtusa - male Acmaeodera obtusa Horn - Acmaeodera obtusa - male Acmaeodera obtusa Horn - Acmaeodera obtusa Beetle caught in a white pan trap - Acmaeodera obtusa Beetle caught in a white pan trap - Acmaeodera obtusa Acmaeodera obtusa Horn - Acmaeodera obtusa Acmaeodera obtusa Horn - Acmaeodera obtusa * - Acmaeodera obtusa

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 obtusa (Acmaeodera obtusa)

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera obtusa Horn 1878
obtusa = 'dull, blunt'

Range

Red River to s. & w. TX - Map (1)(2)

Life Cycle

adults on recently bulldozed mesquite (Prosopus glandulosa), and on flowers of Asteraceae and Opuntia (1)

Remarks

fairly common (2)

See Also

Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst)
- Range: e NA to SK

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1878. Revision of the species of Acmaeodera of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 7: 2-27. (3)
Vogt, G.B. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(2): 191-202.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

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)
3.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.
Contributed by v belov on 7 July, 2010 - 12:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 December, 2020 - 2:59am

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