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Species Acmaeodera amplicollis

Buprestid - Acmaeodera amplicollis Buprestid - Acmaeodera amplicollis Metallic Wood-boring Beetle 4 - Acmaeodera amplicollis yellow and black beetle - Acmaeodera amplicollis Acmaeodera amplicollis LeConte - Acmaeodera amplicollis Acmaeodera sp. ? - Acmaeodera amplicollis * - Acmaeodera amplicollis Acmaeodera amplicollis? - Acmaeodera amplicollis
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 Polycestinae
Tribe Acmaeoderini
Subtribe Acmaeoderina
Genus Acmaeodera
Species amplicollis (Acmaeodera amplicollis)
Explanation of Names
Acmaeodera amplicollis LeConte 1866
Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017
Range
AZ-NM / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
July-Oct (BG data)
Life Cycle
larval hosts unk.
adults on Baileya, Gaillardia, Gutierrezia, Gymnosperma, Helianthus, Heliopsis, Heterotheca, Machaeranthera, Senecio, Verbesina(1)
Remarks
Type locality: Fort Whipple, AZ(1)
See Also
A. scalaris Mannerheim
- Range: AZ-TX
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1866. Additions to Coleopterous Fauna of United States. Number 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 361-394.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)