Pachyschelus purpureus

Pachyschelus purpureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Pachyschelus
Species:	P. purpureus
Binomial name
Pachyschelus purpureus (Say, 1833)

Pachyschelus purpureus is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in North America. ^[1]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Pachyschelus purpureus:

• Pachyschelus purpureus azureusWaterhouse, 1889 ^{c g}
• Pachyschelus purpureus bicolorKerremans, 1894 ^{c g}
• Pachyschelus purpureus purpureus(Say, 1833) ^{i g b}
• Pachyschelus purpureus uvaldeiKnull, 1941 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Pachyschelus purpureus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Pachyschelus purpureus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Pachyschelus purpureus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "Pachyschelus purpureus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Pensoft. ISBN   978-9546423177.
• Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles" . Retrieved 2018-04-21.
• Bellamy, C.L.; Nelson, G.H. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (ed.). Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 98–112. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters Jr., George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". Special Publication. The Coleopterists' Society (4). ISBN   978-0972608787.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.