Dicerca spreta is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae.[1][2][3][4] It is endemic to the eastern United States.[2][4]

Dicerca spreta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. spreta
Binomial name
Dicerca spreta
(Gory, 1841)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Buprestis spreta Gory, 1841
  • Dicerca impressifrons Melsheimer, 1845

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dicerca spreta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c "Dicerca spreta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ a b Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Vol. 16. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. p. 65.

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.