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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Dicercina » Dicerca » Dicerca obscura

Species Dicerca obscura

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Metallic Wood Borer - Dicerca obscura Beetle - Dicerca obscura Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca obscura Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Dicerca obscura Buprestid sp ID - Dicerca obscura Dicerca sp.? - Dicerca obscura Dicerca ? - Dicerca obscura Dicerca obscura or lurida (found nr. Salix) - Dicerca obscura
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 Chrysochroinae
Tribe Dicercini
Subtribe Dicercina
Genus Dicerca
Species obscura (Dicerca obscura)
Explanation of Names
Dicerca obscura (Fabricius 1781)
Range
e US (NY-IN to FL-TX)(1)
Food
Larvae in common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), sumac (Rhus typhina)(1); adults on hickory, oak
See Also
Dicerca lurida - see shape of hind coxal plate to differentiate (2)
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.Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Northeastern North America.
Paiero et al. 2012. Canadian Food Inspection Agency. 411 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 14 July, 2006 - 8:01am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 August, 2017 - 9:03am

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