Agrilus cuprescens, known generally as the rose stem girdler or bronze cane borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3]

Agrilus cuprescens
Agrilus cuprescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Tribe: Agrilini
Subtribe: Agrilina
Genus: Agrilus
Species:
A. cuprescens
Binomial name
Agrilus cuprescens
(Ménétries, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agrilus aurichalceus Redtenbacher, 1849
  • Agrilus rubicola Abeille de Perrin, 1897

Subspecies

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These six subspecies belong to the species Agrilus cuprescens:

  • Agrilus cuprescens amethystopterus Semenov, 1890
  • Agrilus cuprescens caenus Obenberger, 1924
  • Agrilus cuprescens calcicola Obenberger, 1916
  • Agrilus cuprescens chrysoderes Abeille de Perrin, 1891
  • Agrilus cuprescens cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832)
  • Agrilus cuprescens paludicola Krogerus, 1923

References

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  1. ^ a b "Agrilus cuprescens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. ^ "Agrilus cuprescens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

Further reading

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  • Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  • Jendek, Eduard; Grebennikov, Vasily V. (2009). "Agrilus sulcicollis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new alien species in North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 141 (3): 236–245. doi:10.4039/n09-021.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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