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

Chrysobothris shawnee
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Chrysobothris
Species:
C. shawnee
Binomial name
Chrysobothris shawnee
Wellso & Manley, 2007

This species occurs on large branches and trunks of dead oak trees along with Chrysobothris rugosiceps. Researches also found few specimens from cut sugarberry, Celtis laevigata Willd, trees in the vicinity of cut oaks.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Chrysobothris shawnee Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "Chrysobothris shawnee". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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  • 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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