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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Brachyina » Taphrocerus » Taphrocerus albodistinctus

Species Taphrocerus albodistinctus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Carex D1839 2019 3 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Carex D1839 2019 4 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Pond drive leaf miner on Carex lurida D3207 2021 2 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Pond drive leaf miner on Carex lurida D3207 2021 3 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Pond drive leaf miner on Carex lurida D3207 adult 2021 1 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Pond Drive leaf miner on Carex ovales group 1 D3303 2021 2.1 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus Pond Drive leaf miner on Carex ovales group 1 D3303 2021 3 - Taphrocerus albodistinctus
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 Tracheini
Subtribe Brachyina
Genus Taphrocerus
Species albodistinctus (Taphrocerus albodistinctus)
Explanation of Names
Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull 1954
Identification

Det. S. G. Wellso
Range
LA-FL-GA (1), + TX (2), numerous records from upper TX coast - Map (3)
Food
Host(s): unk. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Lake City, FL
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1954. Five new North American species of Buprestidae. The Ohio Journal of Science 54: 27-30.
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.University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 May, 2011 - 3:30am
Last updated 28 August, 2021 - 7:47pm

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