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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 » Agrilus obscurilineatus

Species Agrilus obscurilineatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt - Agrilus obscurilineatus Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt - Agrilus obscurilineatus
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
Species obscurilineatus (Agrilus obscurilineatus)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt 1949
Identification
sides of the abdominal segments are glabrous, but the dorsal portions above the carinae are densely pubescent.
… Henry Hespenheide, 20 November, 2010
Range
AZ, southmost TX (Starr & Hidalgo cos.) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
Adults on Acacia spp. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: TX: Starr Co., 6.5 mi. SE Rio Grande City, hwy to Mission (1)
Print References
Vogt, G.B. 1949. Five new species of Buprestidae from southern Texas (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(1): 48-54.
Internet References
Type info - Smithsonian
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 Dennis Haines on 22 November, 2010 - 10:07am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 March, 2019 - 5:13pm

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