Trachykele blondeli is a species in the family Buprestidae ("metallic wood-boring beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] Common names include "western cedar borer", "powder worm beetle" and "western red cedar borer".[3] They live in Central America and North America.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Trachykele |
| Species: | T. blondeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachykele blondeli Marseul, 1865
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References
edit- ^ "Trachykele blondeli species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ a b "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Trachykele blondeli species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
Further reading
edit- A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico., Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4, iv + 274.
- Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- The world of jewel beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Bellamy C.L.
External links
edit- "NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Trachykele blondeli". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
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