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Species Buprestis rufipes - Red-legged Metallic Wood Boring Beetle

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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 Knulliobuprestis)
Species rufipes (Red-legged Metallic Wood Boring Beetle)
Other Common Names
Red-legged Buprestis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Type species of Knulliobuprestis Kurosawa(1)
Explanation of Names
Buprestis rufipes Olivier 1790
rufipes = 'red-legged'
Size
18-25 mm
Identification
Green above with characteristic yellow marks; underparts also green. Legs red or reddish brown.
Range
NJ-FL to KS-TX(2)
Food
hosts: maple, beech, blackgum, oak, elm(2)
Internet References
Species page (Quinn 2008)
Works Cited
1.Bellamy C.L. (2013) The world of jewel beetles: A checklist of world Buprestoidea
2.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.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 13 October, 2004 - 5:07pm
Additional contributions by Joyce Gross, tom murray, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 June, 2023 - 8:29pm

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