Dicerca tenebrosa

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Dicerca tenebrosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Dicerca tenebrosa
(Kirby, 1837)

Dicerca tenebrosa, the flatheaded conifer borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in 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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Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Dicerca tenebrosa:

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Chrysobothris femorata, the flatheaded appletree borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Acmaeodera maculifera is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Agrilus fisherellus is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Dicerca dumolini is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.

Dicerca asperata is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.

Dicerca crassicollis is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.

References

  1. ↑ "Dicerca tenebrosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Dicerca tenebrosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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