Evides pubiventris is a South African wood-boring jewel beetle species in the family of Buprestidae.[2][3] It has a metallic green coloration that is not reflective in the near-infrared renge of the spectrum.[4] Its host-tree is Lannea discolor.[5]

Evides pubiventris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Evides
Species:
E. pubiventris
Binomial name
Evides pubiventris
(Laporte & Gory, 1835)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysodema pubiventris Laporte & Gory, 1835
  • Evides cupriventris Thomson, 1878

References

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  1. ^ a b "Evides pubiventris (Laporte & Gory, 1835)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ MacFadyen, D. N.; Reilly, B. K.; Bellamy, C. L.; Eiselen, R. J. (2007). "Morphological Differences between Three South African Species of Evides Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 61 (4): 509–517. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2007)61[509:MDBTSA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 27571055.
  3. ^ Bellamy, C. L.; Westcott, R. L.; Verity, D. S. (1988). "New Synonymy, Distributional and Adult and Larval Host Records for Some Southern African Buprestidae (Coleoptera)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 42 (1): 73–83. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 4008567.
  4. ^ Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species". Entomologie Heute. 23: 183–215.
  5. ^ Macfadyen, D. N.; Reilly, B. K. (2013). "The Dynamics of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in Rocky Highveld Grasslands of Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 67 (1): 7–15. doi:10.1649/072.067.0116. ISSN 0010-065X.