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Species Acmaeodera parkeri

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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 Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species parkeri (Acmaeodera parkeri)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera parkeri Cazier 1940
Range
AZ mostly, plus singleton records for NM & w.TX / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
July-Sept (BG data)
Life Cycle
larval host unk., adults on flowers (1)
Print References
Cazier, M.A. 1940. New North American Acmaeodera with synonymical and miscellaneous notes on other species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Wasmann Collector 4(1): 17-29.
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)