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Guides

• Acmaeoderoides distinctus

  Acmaeoderoides distinctus is a small jewel beetle (family Buprestidae) described by Gayle H. Nelson in 1968. It belongs to the genus Acmaeoderoides, a group of North American buprestids characterized by their compact body form and association with woody vegetation. The species occurs in shortgrass prairie habitats in the western Great Plains. Like other members of its family, it likely develops in dead or dying wood, though specific host records remain undocumented. The genus is taxonomically significant as one of the more derived lineages within the Acmaeoderini.

  BuprestidaePolycestinaeAcmaeoderinijewel-beetleprairie-beetleNebraska-faunaNorth-American-endemicrare-speciesGayle-H.-Nelson1968-description

• Grotella margueritaria

  Grotella margueritaria is a small noctuid moth described by André Blanchard in 1968 from Texas. The species is known from few records and remains poorly documented in scientific literature. Its wingspan measures 26–27 mm.

  NoctuidaeGrotellinaeNorth-AmericaTexas1968-descriptionpoorly-known

• Pogonomyrmex bicolor

  bicolored harvester ant

  Pogonomyrmex bicolor, the bicolored harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Like other members of the genus Pogonomyrmex, this species is characterized by its seed-collecting behavior and potent defensive sting. The species was described by Cole in 1968.

  harvester-antseed-collecting-antdesert-antstinging-antsouthwestern-US-faunaMexican-faunaFormicidaeMyrmicinaePogonomyrmex1968-descriptionCole-1968