Chrysobothris-femorata-group
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Chrysobothris shawnee
Chrysobothris shawnee is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, described in 2007 as part of a revision of the Chrysobothris femorata species group. It occurs in the eastern United States west to Colorado. The species is primarily associated with oak (Quercus) hosts, though it has also been reared from willow (Salix) and Prunus. Adults are active on large branches and trunks of dead oak trees.
Chrysobothris sloicola
Chrysobothris sloicola is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is a member of the Chrysobothris femorata species-group, a taxonomically challenging complex of species that was revised in 2007. The species is known only from Michigan and is associated with Prunus (cherry/plum) as its host plant. It was described by Manley & Wellso in 1976.