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Species Buprestis aurulenta - Golden Buprestid

Buprestid Beetle - Buprestis aurulenta golden buprestid - Cypriacis aurulenta? - Buprestis aurulenta Golden Buprestid - Buprestis aurulenta Green Beetle? - Buprestis aurulenta Metallic beetle? - Buprestis aurulenta Buprestis aurulenta? - Buprestis aurulenta Buprestis - Buprestis aurulenta Buprestis aurulenta  - Buprestis aurulenta
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 Buprestini
Genus Buprestis
No Taxon (subgenus Cypriacis)
Species aurulenta (Golden Buprestid)
Explanation of Names
Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus 1767
Identification
Range
Rockies and west (1)
See Also
Buprestis adjecta (LeConte)
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.