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Species Acmaeodera uvaldensis

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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 uvaldensis (Acmaeodera uvaldensis)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera uvaldensis Knull 1936
Range
w., c. & southmost TX to Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
April (BG data)
Food
Adults on mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa, Fabaceae)(1)
Remarks
Type locality: Uvalde, Texas
only a few US records reported (2)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1936. Five new Southwestern Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomological News 47: 73-75; 105-108.
Nelson, G.H., G.C. Walters, Jr., R.D. Haines & C.L. Bellamy. 2008. A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4, iv + 1-274.
Vogt, G.H. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.
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)