Species Acmaeodera disjuncta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References

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 disjuncta (Acmaeodera disjuncta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acmaeodera opacula LeConte 1858

syn. Acmaeodera disjuncta

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera disjuncta Fall 1899

Remarks

As per Hansen & Westcott (2023), this species is synonymized under Acmaeodera opacula. This page is kept as a temporary reference for those who are more familiar with the name disjuncta.

Print References

Hansen, J.A. and R.L. Westcott. 2023. A new synonym of Acmaeodera opacula LeConte, 1858 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and lectotype designations for Acmaeodera amabilis Horn, 1878 and Acmaeodera disjuncta Fall, 1899. Insecta Mundi 0984: 1–4.

Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 6 December, 2006 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Joel DuBois
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 8:16pm

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