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Acmaeodera parkeri
Acmaeodera parkeri is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, described by Cazier in 1940. The species occurs in Central America and North America, with records from the southwestern United States and Mexico. Adults have been observed visiting flowers of several plant species, including Allionia incarnata (creeping four o'clock), Talinum whitei (White's flameflower), and Evolvulus arizonicus (Arizona blue-eyes).
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Acmaeodera perlanosa
Acmaeodera perlanosa is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, described by Timberlake in 1939. The species belongs to a large genus of flower-visiting buprestids found primarily in western North America. Based on field observations, adults have been collected from flowers of Eriodictyon angustifolium in pinyon/juniper woodland habitats of southwestern Utah.
buprestid flower-visitor southwestern-Utah pinyon-juniper-woodland Eriodictyon
Acmaeodera pubiventris pubiventris
Acmaeodera pubiventris pubiventris is a subspecies of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae, native to western North America. It belongs to the nominate subspecies of Acmaeodera pubiventris. Adults are active during summer months and have been associated with woody host plants in the genus Cercocarpus.
jewel-beetle buprestid Cercocarpus western-North-America Sierra-Nevada wood-borer
Acmaeodera pubiventris yumae
Acmaeodera pubiventris yumae is a subspecies of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae, described by Knull in 1937. It belongs to the nominate subgenus Acmaeodera (s. str.) and is part of a species complex associated with woody host plants in western North America. The subspecies epithet "yumae" suggests a connection to the Yuma region, though precise type locality details are not provided in available sources. Like other members of Acmaeodera, adults are likely active during warmer months and associated with flowers or host plant foliage.
buprestid jewel-beetle wood-boring-beetle Nearctic desert-fauna Knull-1937
Acmaeodera sabinae
Acmaeodera sabinae is a small jewel beetle species described by Knull in 1937. It belongs to the A. tubulus-species group, characterized by small size (under 8 mm), black coloration with confused yellow maculations on the elytra, and membership in the 'Truncatae' group of the genus. Like other members of this group, it lacks a subapical crest on the last ventral segment. The species is one of eight described since Fall's 1899 revision of the genus, contributing to the taxonomic complexity of this difficult group that now contains over 150 species in North America.
jewel-beetle buprestid Acmaeodera tubulus-species-group Truncatae southwestern-US-fauna taxonomically-difficult-group Knull-1937
Acmaeoderopsis prosopis
Acmaeoderopsis prosopis is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, first described by Davidson in 2006. The species is found in North America, with documented occurrences in the southwestern United States. Field observations indicate it is associated with mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), from which the species epithet derives. Adults have been collected by beating mesquite vegetation and are known to fly quickly when disturbed.
buprestid jewel-beetle wood-boring-beetle mesquite-associated southwestern-US Nearctic
Agrilaxia hespenheidei
Agrilaxia hespenheidei is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It was described by Bílý in 1984. The species has been documented in Central America and North America, with specific collection records from Arizona in the southwestern United States. Adults have been observed on flowers of Bouvardia ternifolia (firecrackerbush).
buprestid metallic-wood-boring-beetle flower-visiting southwestern-North-America
Agrilus chiricahuae
Agrilus chiricahuae is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, first described by Fisher in 1928. The species is named after the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, where it occurs. It belongs to the large genus Agrilus, which contains hundreds of species that are often challenging to distinguish from one another. The species has been documented in pine slash habitats in the Chiricahua Mountains.
buprestid pine-associated sky-islands arizona-endemic montane southeastern-arizona
Agrilus latifrons
Agrilus latifrons is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, first described by Waterhouse in 1889. It is distributed across Central America and North America. The species has been collected by sweeping low vegetation in mountainous areas of southeastern Arizona, specifically in the Huachuca Mountains.
buprestid metallic-wood-boring-beetle Arizona Huachuca-Mountains sweeping-collection
Agrilus turnbowi
mistletoe buprestid
Agrilus turnbowi is a small metallic wood-boring beetle described from southern Texas in 1990. It is notable as the first buprestid species documented to develop in mistletoe, specifically within dead stems of Phoradendron tomentosum parasitizing mesquite. The species exhibits purplish-red coloration with complex patterns of golden setae on the elytra, traits shared with related Mexican species A. andersoni and A. howdenorum that also associate with mistletoe hosts.
mistletoe buprestid parasitic-plant Texas-endemic host-specialist
Brachys aeruginosus
Brachys aeruginosus is a small metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, first described by Gory in 1841. It belongs to the tribe Trachyini, a group characterized by flattened, compact, wedge-shaped adults whose larvae mine within leaves rather than boring through wood. The species is uncommonly encountered compared to congeners and is most often associated with oaks. It is found in North America, with records from Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Québec) and the United States.
buprestid jewel-beetle leaf-miner oak-associate small metallic North-American spring-active
Chrysobothris orono
Chrysobothris orono is a rarely collected metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The species was first described by Frost in 1920 and has been recorded from a limited number of localities along the eastern seaboard and around the Great Lakes, with a 2012 discovery in Tennessee confirming its occurrence in that state. Adults are associated with exposed roots and trunks of pine trees, particularly Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana) and red pine (Pinus resinosa). The species has a two-year life cycle and is not considered an economically important forest pest due to its low population levels and minimal damage to host trees.
buprestid jewel-beetle pine forest rare North-America
Eupristocerus cogitans
Alder Gall Buprestid
Eupristocerus cogitans is a jewel beetle (family Buprestidae) and the only North American representative of the coraebine buprestids. It is commonly known as the Alder Gall Buprestid due to its larval association with alder trees (Alnus spp.). The species has been recorded from eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
buprestid jewel-beetle alder Coraebini wood-borer
Sphaerobothris
Sphaerobothris is a genus of jewel beetles in the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae, and tribe Chrysobothrini. The genus was established by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and Richter in 1934. It contains five described species distributed in North America, with S. ulkei being the most frequently encountered and collected by entomologists. Members of this genus are associated with Ephedra (joint-fir) as host plants.
Buprestidae Chrysobothrini Ephedra joint-fir desert-beetles Southwest-North-America rare jewel-beetles buprestid wood-boring-beetles