Horn-1875

Guides

• Buprestis connexa

  Buprestis connexa is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, native to North America. The species was described by Horn in 1875. Like other members of the genus Buprestis, it exhibits the characteristic metallic coloration typical of jewel beetles. The species occurs within the Nearctic realm and has been documented through limited observation records.

  Buprestidaemetallic-wood-boring-beetlejewel-beetleNearcticNorth-AmericaColeopteraHorn-1875

• Pseudozonitis vittipennis

  Pseudozonitis vittipennis is a blister beetle (family Meloidae) in the subfamily Nemognathinae, described by Horn in 1875. It is one of approximately 12 species in the genus Pseudozonitis, a New World group characterized by elongated maxillae adapted for nectar feeding. The species is known from western North America, with records from the southwestern United States. Like other nemognathine blister beetles, adults are flower visitors and larvae are parasitoids or predators of other insects.

  blister-beetleMeloidaeNemognathinaeflower-visitorwestern-North-AmericaHorn-1875PseudozonitisColeoptera