Phaenops californica, the California flatheaded borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[2]

Phaenops californica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Phaenops
Species:
P. californica
Binomial name
Phaenops californica
(Van Dyke, 1918)

References

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  1. ^ "Phaenops californica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. ^ a b "Phaenops californica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Phaenops californica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

Further reading

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  • 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 LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). "A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea)". Pensoft Series Faunistica. 1–5 (76–80).
  • Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters, George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication.