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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » femorata species-group (Chrysobothris femorata species-group) » Chrysobothris seminole

Species Chrysobothris seminole

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Chrysobothris seminole Wellso & Manley - Chrysobothris seminole - male
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 Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
No Taxon (femorata species-group)
Species seminole (Chrysobothris seminole)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris seminole Wellso & Manley 2007
Named for the Native Americans whose territory was within the range of this species(1)
Size
♂ 7.2–10.2 mm, ♀ 10.2–11.3 mm(1)
Range
GA-FL(2), also possibly throughout the host plant's range
Food
host: Chrysoma pauciflosculosa(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Col.: Buprestidae)
Wellso S.G., Manley G.V. 2007. Zootaxa 1652: 1-26.
2.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.
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 4 January, 2011 - 6:36pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 May, 2012 - 2:26pm

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