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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Anthaxiini » Agrilaxia

Genus Agrilaxia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Agrilaxia hespenheidei Bily - Agrilaxia hespenheidei - male Agrilaxia flavimana (Gory) - Agrilaxia arizonae 9047128 Agrilus - Agrilaxia flavimana Agrilaxia arizonae (Obenberger) - Agrilaxia arizonae Agrilaxia arizonae Agrilaxia - Agrilaxia arizonae - male Agrilaxia arizonae? - Agrilaxia arizonae Agrilaxia hespenheidei? - Agrilaxia hespenheidei
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 Anthaxiini
Genus Agrilaxia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
our fauna revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Agrilaxia Kerremans 1903
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, >100 total(1)
Identification
The combination of areolate pronotal and slightly rugulose elytral surfaces distinguish this genus at a glance from Agrilus --T.C. MacRae
Range
New World, mostly neotropical(2); in our area, A. flavimana widespread from the Atlantic Coast to Panama, 3 more spp. in sw US(1)
Print References
Bílý S. 2018. Revision of the genus Agrilaxia of the Central and North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini). Folia Heyrovskyana, Suppl. 15. 82 pp. (1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Agrilaxia of the Central and North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)
Bílý S. 2018. Folia Heyrovskyana, Suppl. 15. 82 pp.
2.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
Contributed by Cotinis on 27 June, 2006 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 May, 2022 - 4:25pm

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