Nascioides enysi

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Nascioides enysi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Nascioides
Species:
N. enysi
Binomial name
Nascioides enysi
(Sharp, 1877)

Nascioides enysi is a species of beetle. [1] It is native to New Zealand. [2] [3]

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Description

It is a small black beetle with four orange spots on the elytrum.

Range

This species is found in New Zealand, on both the North and South Islands.

Habitat

Near Nothofagus beeches, upon which it feeds. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Beech Buprestid Beetle (Nascioides enysi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "beech buprestid - Biota of NZ". BiotaNZ. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. 1 2 Morgan, F. David (1966). The Biology and Behaviour of the Beech Buprestid, Nascioides enysi (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with Notes on it...
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