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subgenus Cypriacis

Golden Buprestid (Cypriacis aurulenta, Buprestidae) - Buprestis aurulenta

Metallic beetle in Montana grassland - Buprestis aurulenta

Buprestis aurulenta - Golden Buprestid? - Buprestis aurulenta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles)

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Buprestinae

Tribe Buprestini

Genus Buprestis

No Taxon subgenus Cypriacis

Explanation of Names

Cypriacis Casey 1909

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1)

Range

most of NA, more diverse in Canada & w. US, 2 spp. widely eastern but only B. striata occurs south of NJ(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bellamy C.L. The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico)

Contributed by v belov on 4 August, 2010 - 7:47am
Last updated 23 February, 2015 - 8:15am

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