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Species Mastogenius robustus

Mastogenius robustus Schaeffer - Mastogenius robustus
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 Haplostethini
Genus Mastogenius
Species robustus (Mastogenius robustus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mastogenius robustus Schaeffer 1905
Numbers
7 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
3.2-3.7 mm (Schaeffer 1905)
Identification
Form of subcyaneus but larger more robust and surface less shining, dark aeneous. (Schaeffer 1905)
Posterior boarder of hind coxal plates broadly arcuate internally, third joint of antennae distinctly shorter than the fourth, hut much longer than the second, front not impressed. (Schaeffer 1905)
Range
se AZ / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Life Cycle
asso. w/ oak and mesquite (2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Arizona
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(7): 141-179. Full text
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
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.Annotated checklist of New World insects associated with Prosopis (Mesquite)
C. R. Ward, C. W. O'Brien, l. B. O'Brien, D. E. Foster, E. W. Huddleston. 1977. Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A. 1557: 1-115.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)