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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Aphanisticus » Aphanisticus cochinchinae

Species Aphanisticus cochinchinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Aphanisticus cochinchinae Buprestid - Aphanisticus cochinchinae Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - Aphanisticus cochinchinae Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger - Aphanisticus cochinchinae
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 Agrilinae
Genus Aphanisticus
Species cochinchinae (Aphanisticus cochinchinae)
Explanation of Names
Aphanisticus cochinchinae Obenberger, 1924
Range
adventive in se. US (TX-FL-SC) - Map (1); introduced in 1990s, native to se. Asia(2)
Remarks
A minor pest of sugarcane(2)
Print References
Hespenheide, H.A. 2007. Expanded distribution of Aphanisticus cochinchinae Obenberger (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 61/2: 164.
Wellso, S.G. & J.A. Jackman (1995) The first record of Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a potential sugarcane pest in the Western Hemisphere. The Coleopterists Bulletin 49(3): 287-288.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Insects and mites new to Florida sugarcane
Hall D.G., Konstantinov A.S., Hodges G.S., Sosa O., Welbourn C., Westcott R.L. 2005. J. Amer. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists 25: 143-156.
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 10 February, 2007 - 10:10am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 August, 2021 - 5:36pm

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