Agrilus lecontei, or Leconte's Brownsville buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Agrilus lecontei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Agrilus
Species:
A. lecontei
Binomial name
Agrilus lecontei
Saunders, 1871

Subspecies edit

These two subspecies belong to the species Agrilus lecontei:

  • Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher, 1928
  • Agrilus lecontei lecontei Saunders, 1871

References edit

  1. ^ "Agrilus lecontei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Agrilus lecontei". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading edit

  • 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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