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Species Acmaeodera immaculata

Representative Images

Acmaeodera immaculata Horn - Acmaeodera immaculata Acmaeodera -? - Acmaeodera immaculata Buprestid 3 - Acmaeodera immaculata Acmaeodera on Indian Blanket Flower - Acmaeodera immaculata Acmaeodera sp.? - Acmaeodera immaculata Acmaeodera - Acmaeodera immaculata Neat Beetle on Eagle Butte Trailhead - Acmaeodera immaculata Neat Beetle on Eagle Butte Trailhead - Acmaeodera immaculata

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 immaculata (Acmaeodera immaculata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acmaeodera pulchella var. immaculata Horn 1878

Explanation of Names

Acmaeodera immaculata Horn 1878

Range

w US (ID-CA to SD-TX; map)(1)(2)

Life Cycle

larvae in roots of winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata, Chenopodiaceae)(1)

Internet References

Type specimen

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)
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 6 December, 2006 - 11:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2020 - 9:13pm

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