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Species Chrysobothris texana

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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 Buprestinae
Tribe Chrysobothrini
Genus Chrysobothris
Species texana (Chrysobothris texana)
Explanation of Names
Chrysobothris texana LeConte 1860
Size
6-11 mm
Range
w US (CA-TX-ND-ID) / Mex. (1)
Food
larvae in Cypressus, Juniperus spp. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: TX (1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1860. Revision of the Buprestidae of the United States. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (2)11(1859): 187-258, 1 plate.
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.