Species Agrilus abjectus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Agrilus abjectus Horn - Agrilus abjectus

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 Agrilini

Genus Agrilus

Species abjectus (Agrilus abjectus)

Explanation of Names

Agrilus abjectus Horn 1891

Size

6 mm (1)

Identification

The species is not conspicuously marked, but among those in which the antennae are serrate from the fifth joint it may be known by the very convex pronotum, with a feeble median depression, absence of prehumeral carinae, the feeble pubescent spots on the elytra, and the sides of the prosternal process expanded behind the coxal cavities. (2)

Range

c. to s. TX - Map (3)(4)

Life Cycle

host(s) unk. (3)

Remarks

Type series from Belfrage collection, and without definite locality labels. (2)

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1891. The species of Agrilus of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18: 277-366. (1)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	The species of Agrilus of Boreal America. Horn, G.H. 1891. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 18: 277-366.

2.	A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. Fisher W.S. 1928. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 145: 1-347.

3.	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.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 May, 2011 - 3:06pm
Last updated 12 December, 2019 - 12:17pm

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