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Species Thrincopyge alacris

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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 Thrincopygini
Genus Thrincopyge
Species alacris (Thrincopyge alacris)
Explanation of Names
Thrincopyge alacris LeConte 1858
Size
18.5-19 mm (BG data)
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
Larvae: Beaucarnea recurvata, Dasylirion leiophyllum, D. wheeleri (1)
Remarks
Type locality: AZ (1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1858. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican boundary commission, under Major W.H. Emory, U.S.A. Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 59-89.
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)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 March, 2006 - 5:36pm
Additional contributions by Joshua P. Basham, Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 May, 2019 - 8:08pm

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