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Species Agrilus esperanzae

Agrilus esperanzae Knull - Agrilus esperanzae Agrilus esperanzae Knull - Agrilus esperanzae Agrilus esperanzae - female Agrilus esperanzae - female Agrilus esperanzae - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles)
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Agrilinae
Tribe Agrilini
Genus Agrilus
Species esperanzae (Agrilus esperanzae)
Explanation of Names
Agrilus esperanzae Knull 1935
Esperanzae is a reference to La Esperanza Ranch, an important type locality for many beetle species.
Range
southmost TX (Cameron Co.) / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Food
Host(s): Unknown (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX (1)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1935. Four new Texas Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomological News, 46(4): 96-99. Full Text
Westcott, R.L. & H.A. Hespenheide. 2006. The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America. Zootaxa 1367: 1-35.
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)