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Genus Spectralia

BG2161 E0202 - Spectralia gracilipes Spectralia prosternalis (Schaeffer) - Spectralia prosternalis Buprestidae, lateral - Spectralia gracilipes Bupestrid - Spectralia gracilipes which Dicerca? - Spectralia gracilipes Spectralia gracilipes Spectralia roburella (Knull) - Spectralia roburella Buprestid Beetle - Spectralia gracilipes
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 Beetles)
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Buprestinae
Genus Spectralia
Explanation of Names
Spectralia Casey 1909
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), 22 total(2)
Range
New World(2); ne. US to NC; TX-CA(1)
Remarks
our only member of the New World tribe Phrixiini Cobos 1975, that contains ?3 genera(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 June, 2006 - 7:57am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2015 - 3:12pm

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