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Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray, 1832)
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County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Dec. 2005
Range: Central and west Texas, south to Brazil.
Hosts: Common on Asteraceae flowers.
Similar Species:
There are 144 species of Acmaeodera, mostly in the southwestern United States (Arnett et al. 2002).
Texas Taxa: Over 40 species have been recorded in Texas.
Example: Ladder-like Flower Bup - Acmaeodera scalaris
Etymology: flavomarginata
flav (L). Yellow
marg, -in, =o (L). A border, edge
References:
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.
Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.
Fall, H.C. 1899. Synopsis of the species of Acmaeodera of America North of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(1): 1-37.
Nelson, G.H., G.C. Walters, Jr., R.D. Haines & C.L. Bellamy. 2008. A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4, pp. iv + 1-274.
Vogt, G.B. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 191-202.
Westcott, R.L., T.A. Atkinson, H.A. Hespenheide & G.H. Nelson. 1990. New Country and State Records, and other notes for Mexican Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi 3(3): 217-232.
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