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Species Agrilus politus


The metallic wood-boring beetles of Canada and Alaska: Coleoptera: Buprestidae (The Insects and arachnids of Canada)
By Donald E. Bright
Biosystematics Research Centre, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1987

Three new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the United States and Mexico.
By Nelson, G. H. and R. L. Westcott
The Coleopterists Bulletin 49(1): 77–87, 1995
Includes description of Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides, detailed information on it and A. quadrivittata.

Miscellaneous notes on Buprestidae and Schizopodidae occurring in the United States and Canada...
By Nelson G.H., Westcott R.L., MacRae T.C.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 50: 183–191, 1996
Full title: Miscellaneous notes on Buprestidae and Schizopodidae occurring in the United States and Canada, including descriptions of previously unknown sexes of six Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera)

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An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera)
By C.L. Bellamy
Folia Heyrovskyana Supplement 10: 197 pp.; 44 color plates with 454 photographs, 2003
Data from superfamily to subgenus; all synonyms; type genera for family-group names; type species for genus-group names; species number assessment and geographical distribution for each genus. Covers two families, 7 subfamilies, 42 tribes, 87 subtribes, 491 genera and 172 non-nominate subgenera.

Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae).
By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News 49: 19-22., 1938
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Knull, J.N. 1938. Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae). Entomological News 49: 19-22.

Conoderus browni n. sp.
Limonius flavomarginatus n. sp.
Paratyndaris tucsoni n. sp.
Paratyndaris quadrinotata n. sp.

New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes
By Stephenson S.L., Wheeler Q.D., McHugh J.V., Fraissinet P.R.
J. Nat. Hist. 28: 921–936, 1994

New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes.
By Knull, J.N.
Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309., 1937
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Knull, J.N. 1937. New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes. Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309.

First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes.
By Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C.
Entomological News 107(1): 49-60., 1996
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Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C. (1996) First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes. Entomological News 107(1): 49-60.

Abstract: Five genera of aquatic beetles are reported from Texas, USA, for the first time. Species recorded include

Suphis inflatus (Noteridae),
Hoperius planatus (Dytiscidae),
Dibolocelus ovatus,
Hydrobiomorpha casta and
Sperchopsis tessellata (Hydrophilidae).

Habitat notes are reported for 4 of these.