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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus

Genus Agrilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Agrilus lecontei Agrilus (cephalicus?) - Agrilus Agrilus cuprescens? - Agrilus cuprescens - male - female Agrilus cyanescens? - Agrilus cyanescens Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles Genus Agrilus - Agrilus Agrilus langei - male Agrilus - Agrilus pensus - female Metallic Wood-boring Beetles - Agrilus - male - female
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 Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1) but ~50 spp. added since
Explanation of Names
Agrilus Curtis 1825
Numbers
The largest genus of the family and allegedly world's largest animal genus, with 174 spp. (in 2 subgenera) in our area(2), of which 9 adventive(3), and >3,300 described spp. total (and perhaps as many unnamed), arranged in >30 subgenera(4)
Size
up to 10 mm, usually 4‒7 mm
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)(5)(6)
Food
Most are wood borers(7); hosts reviewed in(6)(8)
Remarks
most adventive spp. discussed in (3)
NA records of A. integerrimus [e.g. in (9)] are in error stemming from a typo in (10) (Kyle Schnepp, pers.comm. to =v= 12.ii.2014)
Print References
Bellamy C.L. 1995(1996) Comments on the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825: Where do we go and do we go together? (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Elytron 9: 77–86.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus.
Fisher W.S. 1928. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 145: 1-347.
2.Bellamy C.L. The Buprestidae of North America (north of Mexico)
3.Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2009. Can. Entomol. 141: 236–245.
4.Summary of native geographic distribution of all 3,341 species of the most speciose animal genus Agrilus (Col.: Buprestidæ)
Jendek E., Grebennikov V.V. 2023. J. Insect Biodiversity 39(2): 32‒78.
5.Bellamy C.L. () The world of jewel beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
6.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.
7.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.
8.Host plants of world Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae): A critical review
Jendek E., Poláková J. 2014. Springer, 706 pp.
9.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
10.Miscellaneous notes on Buprestidae and Schizopodidae occurring in the United States and Canada...
Nelson G.H., Westcott R.L., MacRae T.C. 1996. The Coleopterists Bulletin 50: 183–191.
Contributed by Cotinis on 28 June, 2004 - 7:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 15 August, 2024 - 10:46pm

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