Rock-associated

Guides

• Anambodera gemina

  Anambodera gemina is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The species belongs to a genus restricted to western North America whose members are poorly represented in collections due to cryptic habits—they typically alight on rock surfaces or bare soil rather than visiting flowers, unlike the related genus Acmaeodera.

  Buprestidaemetallic-wood-boring-beetlewestern-North-Americacryptic-behaviorground-dwellingrock-associated

• Anambodera santarosae

  Anambodera santarosae is a species of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae, first described by Knull in 1960. It belongs to a small genus of western North American buprestids that are morphologically similar to Acmaeodera but distinguished by several structural characters including non-reflexed epistoma, rounded pronotal angles, and visible suture between abdominal sterna. Species in this genus are generally poorly represented in collections due to their cryptic habits.

  buprestidaejewel-beetlenearcticwestern-north-americacryptic-habitssoil-dwellingrock-associated