Family Buprestidae

The metallic wood-boring beetles

checked by B.K. Dozier, July 1995

Subfamily Buprestinae

Tribe Chalcophorini

Chalcophora Solier

• C. georgiana (LeConte), seUS, FL (ALA, BAK, BRA, DAD, ESC, HIG, LAK, MARI, MON, PAL, TAY, VOL)
• C. virginiensis (Drury), widespread US, FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, ESC, HEN, HIL, LAK, MART, MON, PAL, PAS, PIN, POL, PUT, SAR, SLU, SRO, VOL, WAL), Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala

Texania Casey

• T. campestris (Say), s and cUS, FL (ALA, SUW)

Tribe Dicercini

Dicerca Eschscholtz

• D. asperata (Laporte and Gory), eUS, FL (ALA)
• D. juncea Knull, seUS, FL (ALA, LAK, ORA)
• D. lurida (Fabricius), e and c US, FL (ALA, JAC, LEO, MARI, MON, PAL, VOL)
• D. obscura (Fabricius), eUS, FL (ALA, CLA, GUL, HIG, JEF, LAK, LEO, PAS, POL, SRO, VOL, WAL)
• D. punctulata (Schönherr), eUS, FL (BAK, BRO, TAY)
• D. spreta (Gory), eUS, FL (BRA)
• D. tenebrosa knulli Nelson, seUS, FL (LIB)

Spectralia Casey

• S. gracilipes (Melsheimer), eUS, FL (ALA, LIB, UNI)

Tribe Buprestini

Buprestis Linnaeus

• B. apricans Herbst, the turpentine borer, NY-TX-FL (ALA, BAK, MON, ORA, PIN), Cuba, Old World
• B. consularis Gory, eUS, FL (SEM)
• B. decora (Fabricius), NJ-TX-FL (ALA, LEO, ORA, POL), Cuba Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe
• B. lineata Fabricius, NS, IN-TX-FL (ALA, BAK, BRE, BRO, COLL, COLU, DAD, ESC, FLA, HER, IND, LAK, LEV, LIB, MARI, ORA, PAL, PIN, PUT, SEM, SJU, SLU, UNI, VOL), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe
• B. maculipennis (Gory), NJ-TX-FL (ALA, BAK, COLU, DAD, DUV, FLA, HIG, LAK, LEV, MON, OKE, PAL), WInd?
• B. rufipes Olivier, PA-KS-TX-FL (ALA, CLA, DIX, DUV, LEV, LIB, MARI, PUT)

Cypriacis Casey

• C. striata Fabricius, PQ-TX-FL (ALA), ?Dominican Republic

Tribe Melanophilini

Melanophila Eschscholtz

• M. acuminata (DeGeer), NAmer, FL, Cuba, Hispaniola, Mexico, Old World (Charles Bellamy points out (in litt.) that the presence of M. acuminata in Florida or farther south is highly unlikely)
• M. notata (Laporte and Gory), eUS-FL (ALA, BRO, COLL, DAD, HIG, JEF, LEE, MARI, MON, PAL), Cuba, Bahamas, WInd, Mexico

Phaenops Lacordaire

• P. aeneola (Melsheimer), e and cUS, FL (ALA, JAC, LIB)

Tribe Anthaxiini

Anthaxia Eschscholtz

• A. fisheri Obenberger, cUSFL (CLA, WAS)
• A. flavimana (Gory), AZ, eUS, FL (HAM), Mexico
• A. quercata (Fabricius), eUS, FL (ALA, BAK, BRA, JAC, GAD, GIL, HIG, LIB, NAS, OKA, ORA)
• A. quercicola Wellso, MO, FL
• A. viridicornis (Say), MD-MO-FL
• A. viridifrons Gory, eUS, FL

Xenorhipus LeConte

• X. brendeli LeConte, eUS, FL (ALA)

Tribe Chrysobothrini

Actenodes Lacordaire

• A. acornis (Say), eUS, FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, JEF, MARI, SLU, WAK)
• A. auronotata (Laporte and Gory), GA, FL (ALA, DAD, DES, GLA, HIG, HIL, MON, PAL, SJO, SLU), Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Bahamas

Chrysobothris Eschscholtz

• C. adelpha Gemminger and Harold, eUS, FL (LIB)
• C. azurea LeConte, eUS, FL (ALA, LEV, UNI, WAK)
• C. chrysoela Illiger, seUS, FL (BAK, BAY, BRO, CHA, CLA, COLL, DAD, DUV, HAR, HEN, HIG, HIL, LAK, LEE, LEV, MAN, MARI, MON, ORA, PIN, POL, PUT, SAR, VOL), Bahamas
• C. cribraria (Mannerheim), eUS, FL (ALA, BAK, COLU, DAD, DUV, FRA, HEN, HIG, JEF, LAK, LEE, LEO, LIB, MON, OKA, ORA, PAL, SEM, TAY)
  = C. floricola Gory
• C. dentipes Germar, US, FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, MART, PIN, SRO), Mexico, WInd
• C. femorata (Oliver), the flatheaded appletree borer, transcontinental, FL (ALA, BAK, DAD, GAD, HIG, LAK, LEV, LIB, MARI, PUT, TAY, WAK) (This is a complex of species the taxonomy of which is still to be worked out)
• C. hubbardi Fisher, FL endemic (LAK, PUT)
• C. pusilla Castelnau, eUS, FL (SAR)
• C. rotundicollis Laporte and Gory, FL (ALA)
• C. rugosiceps Melsheimer, e and cUS, FL
• C. sexfasciata Schaeffer, FL (DAD, MON), Cuba, Jamaica
• C. sexsignata (Say), e and cUS, FL (ALA, BRA, DAD, LIB)
• C. tranquebarica Gmelin, the Australianpine borer, FL (DAD, BRO, MON, SLU), Cuba, Bahamas, Dominica, SAmer; in Casuarina and Rhizophora mangle (see Snyder 1919)
• C. viridiceps Melsheimer, e and cUS, FL (DAD, HIG, MAN, PUT)

Tribe Polycestini

Polycesta Solier

• P. angulosa, Jacquelin du Val, AL-FL (DAD, MON), Cuba, Bahamas
• P. goryi (Saunders), FL (COLL, DAD, MON), Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, nSAmer

Tribe Tyndarini

Tyndaris Thomson

• T. suturalis Fall, FL (DAD, MON), Bahamas

Tribe Acmaeoderini

Acmaeodera Eschscholtz

• A. marginenotata Chevrolat, FL (MON), Cuba, Bahamas
• A. ornata (Fabricius), eUS, FL (ALA, DIX, HER, PUT, SUW, UNI)
• A. pulchella (Herbst), e and s US, FL (ALA, DAD, CIT, CLA, COLL, COLU, DIX, GIL, GUL, HIG, LAK, LEV, LIB, MARI, MON, ORA, PAL, PIN, PUT, SAR, SJO, TAY, UNI, WAK)
• A. tubulus (Fabricius), TX, eUS, FL (ALA, FLA, GAD, HER, HIG, JAC, LEV, LIB, OKA, SAR, TAY, UNI, WAK), Mexico
• A. xanthosticta Laporte and Gory, FL (MON), nSAmer

Tribe Ptosimini

Ptosima Solier

• P. gibbicollis (Say), eUS, FL (LIB, MARI)

Subfamily Agrilinae

Tribe Coraebini

Eupristocerus Deyrolle

• E. cogitans (Weber), eUS, FL (LIB)

Tribe Agrilini

Agrilus Curtis

• A. acutipennis Mannerheim, MA-TN, FL (LAK, LEV)
• A. arcuatus (Say), ON-MT-CT-FL (OKA)
• A. benjamini Fisher, TX, KS, MO, FL (UNI)
• A. b. bilineatus (Weber), n and cNAmer, FL (ALA, LIB)
• A. b. carpini Knull, eUS, FL (ALA, CLA)
• A. cephalicus LeConte, e and cUS, FL (LEV, UNI)
• A. concinnus Horn, TX, AR, GA, FL
• A. crataegi Frost, e and cUS, FL (LIB)
• A. cupricollis Gory, GA-FL
• A. dozieri Fisher, GA-FL (ALA, HIG, MARI)
• A. fallax Say, e and cNAmer, FL (ALA)
• A. floridanus Crotch, FL (ALA)
• A. fuscipennis Gory, TN-FL
• A. geminatus (Say), e and cUS, FL (HER)
• A. imbellis Crotch, MA, TX-FL (ALA, CIT, ESC, LEV, LIB, PUT)
• A. lecontei lecontei Saunders, e and cUS, FL (ALA, LEO, LIB)
• A. macer LeConte, TX, FL (ALA)
• A. oblongus Fisher, seUS, FL (ALA); on Celtis
• A. obsoletoguttatus Gory, e and cNAmer, FL (LIB, UNI)
• A. olivaceoniger Fisher, MO, FL
• A. parafloridanus Knull, FL endemic
• A. parvus (Say), e and cUS, FL (GAD)
• A. q. quadriguttatus Goty, e and cUS, FL (ALA, DES)
• A. rubroniger Hespenheide, MO, FL (ALA, DUV, HIG, PUT)
• A. ruficollis (Fabricius), the rednecked cane borer; eNAmer, FL (ALA, DUV, HIG, LIB, ORA, SAR)
• A. sayi Saunders, eUS, FL (HIG, SJO)
• A. subcinctus Gory, e and cUS, FL (ALA)
• A. vittaticollis (Randall), eUS, FL (ALA, NAS)

Paragrilus Saunders

• P. tenuis (LeConte), NY-IL-FL

Tribe Pachyschelini

Pachyschelus Solier

• P. laevigatus (Say), CT-IN-FL (ALA, JAC)
• P. schwarzi Kerremans, MO, GA, FL (ALA, DUV, GAD, HER, HIG, MAN, MARI, POL, PUT, SAR, SEM)

Tribe Brachyini

Brachys Solier

• B. aerosus Melsheimer, e and cUS, FL
• B. aeruginosus Gory, eUS, FL (ALA, DUV)
• B. fasciferus Schwarz, GA-FL (ALA, HER, HIG, MARI, SAR, UNI)
• B. floricola Kerremans, GA-FL (ALA, ESC, HIG, LIB, MARI, ORA, PUT, SAR, SUW)
  = blatchleyi Nicolay and Weiss
• B. ovatus (Weber), e and cUS, FL (ALA, DUV, LEV, OKA, TAY, VOL)
• B. tessellatus Fabricius, eUS, FL (CLA, DUV, ESC, HIG, MARI, POL, PUT)

Leiopleura Deyrolle

• L. otero (Fisher), FL (MON)

Taphrocerus Solier

• T. agriloides Crotch, TX-NC-FL (ALA, DAD, JAC, LEV, MON, PIN)
• T. cylindricollis Kerremans, MO, LA, FL (ALA, COLL, HIG, LEV, ORA)
• T. floridanus Obenberger, FL endemic
• T. gracilis (Say), eUS, FL (COLL, HIG, LIB, WAK)
• T. howardi Obenberger, MO, LA, KY, WV, FL (BRE, DAD, HIG, MON, PUT, SAR)
• T. laevicollis LeConte, seUS, FL (COLL, MAN, WAK)
• T. nicolayi Obenberger, e and cUS, FL (ALA, BRE, COLL, HIG, LAK, LEV, POL, TAY)
• T. puncticollis Schwarz, AL-GA-FL (DAD, COLL, MON, WAK)
• T. schaefferi Nicolay and Weiss, e and cUS, (ALA, HEN, JAC)

Tribe Aphanisticini

Aphanistichus Latreille

• +A. cochinchinae seminulum (Obenberger), HI, TX, FL (ALA, SLU), immigrant from Oriental region; a leaf miner of grasses (Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. in Florida) and a minor pest of sugarcane in Hawaii

Tribe Mastogeniini

Mastogenius Solier

• M. castlei (Champion and Knull), FL (DAD, MON), Bahamas
• M. subcyaneus (LeConte), e and cUS, FL
• M. sp. new to USA (Peck record from Keys)(Bellamy (in litt.) suggests that this and M. oakleyi are the same)
  = M. crenulatus Knull 1934

Micrasta Kerremans

• M. oakleyi Fisher (or near), FL (MON, Cudjoe and Sugarloaf Keys, new state and U.S. record (Bellany (in litt.) adds NoName Key)), WInd

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