Agaeocera scintillans

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Agaeocera scintillans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Agaeocera
Species:
A. scintillans
Binomial name
Agaeocera scintillans
Waterhouse, 1882

Agaeocera scintillans is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3]

Buprestidae Family of insects

Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.

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References

  1. "Agaeocera scintillans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Agaeocera scintillans". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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