Acmaeodera acanthicola 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] Adult hosts include Prosopis and Parkinsonia, and larval host is Celtis.[1]
| Acmaeodera acanthicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Acmaeodera |
| Species: | A. acanthicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Acmaeodera acanthicola Barr, 1972
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References
edit- ^ a b "Acmaeodera acanthicola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Acmaeodera acanthicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Acmaeodera acanthicola Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- 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), Volumes 1-5". Pensoft Series Faunistica: 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.