Biology:Agrilus pseudofallax

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Agrilus pseudofallax
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Agrilus
Species:
A. pseudofallax
Binomial name
Agrilus pseudofallax
Frost, 1923

Agrilus pseudofallax is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found across North America, ranging from Texas to Pennsylvania.[1][2][3]

Description

Agrilus pseudofallax is similar in appearance to the most robust specimens of A. fallax, giving it its name.[4] It is dark bronze in color, with three pairs of white dots across the elytra.[3]

Its larva hosts in the honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).[3]

Classification

A. pseudofallax is sometimes included in the subgenus Agrilus (Agrilus).[5]

References

Further reading

  • Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". http://cerambycids.com/buprestidae/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  • 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 No. 4. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0972608787. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14922206 entry