Chrysobothris nixa
Horn, 1886
flatheaded cedar borer
Chrysobothris nixa, commonly known as the flatheaded cedar borer, is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the Buprestidae. It is found in North America, with distribution records from British Columbia and Saskatchewan in Canada. The was described by Horn in 1886 and is one of eleven Chrysobothris species whose larvae were described in a 1966 study of buprestid larvae from the H. E. Burke Collection.
Pronunciation
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Distribution
North America. Distribution records include British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada.
More Details
Larval description
Larval has been formally described in the scientific literature (Burke Collection, US National Museum), though specific morphological details are not available from the accessible abstract.
Taxonomic history
Described by Horn in 1886. The was included in a 1966 larval description paper covering eleven Chrysobothris species from the H. E. Burke Collection at the United States National Museum.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
- Cindy Kron: Adventures of the North Coast Area Extension Entomologist | Bug Squad
- Introducing Chrysobothris caddo | Beetles In The Bush
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- Chrysobothris orono in Tennessee | Beetles In The Bush
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- The Chrysobothris femorata “problem” | Beetles In The Bush
- Descriptions of SomeChrysobothrisLarvae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Occurring in the United States and Mexico