Buprestis maculipennis

Buprestis maculipennis is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Buprestis maculipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Buprestis
Species:
B. maculipennis
Binomial name
Buprestis maculipennis
Gory, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Buprestis deficiens Casey, 1909
  • Buprestis fusiformis Casey, 1909
  • Buprestis inconstans Melsheimer, 1845
  • Buprestis leporina Casey, 1909
  • Buprestis reducta Casey, 1909
  • Buprestis scripta Casey, 1909

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Buprestis maculipennis:

  • Buprestis maculipennis deficiens Casey
  • Buprestis maculipennis fusiformis Casey
  • Buprestis maculipennis maculipennis

References
  1. "Buprestis maculipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Buprestis maculipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading
  • Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". 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.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.


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