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31 July 2024 Further distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in Canada and the United States, with exclusion of two species previously reported in North America
Ted C. MacRae, Joshua P. Basham
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Abstract

Distributional and biological notes are provided for 120 species of Buprestidae from Canada and the United States in the following 26 genera/subgenera: Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829, Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) Kerremans, 1903, Agrilus Curtis, 1825, Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) Reitter, 1911, Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) Richter, 1949, Aphanisticus Latreille, 1829, Brachys Dejean, 1833, Buprestis (Buprestis) Linnaeus, 1758, Buprestis (Cypriacis) Casey, 1909, Buprestis (Knulliobuprestis) Kurosawa, 1988, Buprestis (Stereosa) Casey, 1909, Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829, Dicerca Eschscholtz, 1829, Eupristocerus Deyrolle, 1864, Gyascutus (Gyascutus) LeConte, 1858, Lampetis (Spinthoptera) Casey, 1909, Mastogenius Solier, 1849, Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829, Paragrilus Saunders, 1871, Paratyndaris (Paratyndaris) Fisher, 1919, Phaenops Dejean, 1833, Poecilonota Eschscholtz, 1829, Polycesta (Tularensia) Nelson, 1997, Spectralia Casey, 1909, Taphrocerus Solier, 1833, and Xenorhipis LeConte, 1866. Clarifying comments are provided for several previously published records from North America, including the Palearctic species Agrilus integerrimus (Ratzeburg, 1837) and Buprestis (Ancylocheira) hameorrhoidalis Herbst, 1780, which are considered erroneous and are excluded from the North American fauna.

Ted C. MacRae and Joshua P. Basham "Further distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in Canada and the United States, with exclusion of two species previously reported in North America," The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 100(3), 217-245, (31 July 2024). https://doi.org/10.3956/2024-100.3.217
Received: 26 March 2024; Accepted: 21 July 2024; Published: 31 July 2024
KEYWORDS
adult host records
flower host records
host plant associations
introduced species
jewel beetles
larval host records
metallic woodboring beetles
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