Turpentine Borer
Buprestis apricans Herbst, 1801
Turpentine Borer: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/13214
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Buprestis apricans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Buprestis
Species:
B. apricans
Binomial name
Buprestis apricans
Herbst, 1801
Synonyms
  • Buprestis bosci Laporte and Gory, 1837
  • Buprestis cribripennis Casey, 1909

Buprestis apricans, the turpentine borer, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Buprestis apricans Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Buprestis apricans Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Buprestis apricans Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; M. C. Thomas; P. E. Skelley; J. H. Frank, 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.
  • Richard E. White (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Nelson, Gayle H.; George C. Walters Jr.; R. Dennis Haines & Charles L. Bellamy (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication.
  • Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). "A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volumes 1-5". Pensoft Series Faunistica. 76–80.


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