Buprestidae of Texas with Notes on Texas Types

Family Buprestidae Leach 

Subfamily Polycestinae Lacordaire 

Genus Mastogenius Solier 1849

Mastogenius crenulatus Knull Range: TX-FL-NJ-IL Hosts: Carya, Cercis, Diospyros, Quercus

Mastogenius subcyaneus (LeConte) Range: TX-FL-NY-IL Hosts: Quercus

Mastogenius texanus Bellamy 2002

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains, Picnic Area, 11.3 mi W Ft. Davis on Hwy 161, elev. 5080'

Range: TX

Hosts: Sandpaper Oak - Quercus vaseyana 

Genus Trigonogya Schaeffer 1919

Trigonogya reticulaticollis (Schaeffer 1904) TL: TX, Cameron Co., Brownsville Range: TX Host: Fraxinus berlandieriana - Mexican Ash

Genus Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke 1942

Acmaeoderoides ferruginis Wellso & Nelson 1968

TL: TX, Presidio Co., 3 mi N Presidio

Range: TX

Host: Acacia greggii - Catclaw Acacia

Acmaeoderoides humeralis (Cazier)

Genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829

Acmaeodera amabilis Horn

Acmaeodera amplicollis LeConte Range: AZ-TX, MX Host: larval host(s) unknown

Acmaeodera auritincta Fall 1922

TL: TX, Culberson Co., Kent, 3900-4200'

Range: NM, TX; and MEX

Acmaeodera bowditchi Fall Range: AZ-TX, NV Host: larval host in dead branches of Quercus vaseyana

Acmaeodera bryanti Van Dyke 1953

TL: TX, Val Verde Co., Del Rio
Range: TX

Host: Unknown

Acmaeodera conoidea Fall

Acmaeodera consors Horn 1878

TL: TX
Range: TX

Host: Unknown

Acmaeodera cribricollis Horn 1894

TL: TX
Range: AZ, CA, NM, TX; and MEX

Host: Larrea tridentata - Creosote Bush

Acmaeodera davidsoni Barr

Acmaeodera delumbus Horn

Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray 1832) Range: TX, s. to S. Amer. Hosts: Acacia, Diospyros, Prosopis

Acmaeodera flavopicta Waterhouse Range: AZ to TX, MX Host: larval host unknown

Acmaeodera gibbula LeConte 1858 TL: San Diego to El Paso Range: CA to TX, UT; and MEX

Acmaeodera gillespiensis Knull 1941

TL: TX, Gillespie Co.
Range: TX

Host: Quercus sp. - Oak

Acmaeodera haemorrhoa LeConte 1859 TL: TX, Webb Co., Laredo to Starr Co., Rio Grande City Range: TX; and MEX Hosts: adults on flowers

Acmaeodera macra Horn 1878 TL: TX Range: OK, TX Host: Acacia berlandieri - Guajillo

Acmaeodera maculifera Horn 1894 TL: TX Range: NM, TX; and MEX Host: larval host unknown

Acmaeodera miliaris Horn 1878

TL: TX
Range: TX; and MEX

Acmaeodera mixta LeConte TL: NM Range: AZ-TX-NE-UT Hosts: Acacia, Celtis, Prosopis

Acmaeodera neglecta Fall 1899 TL: TX Range: AR, MO, OK, TX Hosts: Quercus, Ulmus, Ziziphus

Acmaeodera neoneglecta Fisher TL: Mexico. Type from mesquite intercepted at Brownsville, TX Range: TX / MX Hosts: Acacia, Ebenopsis, Leucana, Prosopis, Sophora, Ulmus

Acmaeodera obtusa Horn 1878

TL: TX
Range: OK, TX

Acmaeodera opacula LeConte 1858

TL: TX, El Paso Co., El Paso
Range: TX
Host: Unknown

Acmaeodera opuntiae Knull 1966

TL: TX, Starr Co., 5 mi W Sullivan City
Range: TX
Hosts: Karwinskia and Parkinsonia; adults on flowers of Astrophytum and Opuntia

Acmaeodera ornatoides Barr 1972 TL: TX, Goliad Co., Weser Range: NM, OK, TX Hosts: Diospyros and Quercus

Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Knull 1940 TL: TX, Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Range: NM, TX; and MEX Host: Dasylirion wheeleri - Common Sotol

Acmaeodera pinalorum Knull

Acmaeodera princeps Kerremans 1908 Range: TX Hosts: Parkinsonia spp. - Paloverde

Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst) Range: TX-FL-NJ-MT Hosts:Crataegus, Gleditsia, Taxodium

Acmaeodera quadrivittata Horn

Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides Nelson & Westcott 1995 TL: TX, Brewster Co., Big Bend Natl. Park,  Range: CA to TX, UT, NV / MX

Acmaeodera recticollis Fall

Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson 1980

TL: TX, Brewster Co., W side Chisos Mountains, Oak Spring

Range: TX; and MEX

Acmaeodera robigo Knull 1954

TL: TX, Lake Corpus Christi
Range: TX
Host: Dalea - Prairie Clover

Acmaeodera rubronotata Laporte

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim 1837 Range: AZ to TX / MX, C. Amer. Host: larval host unknown

Acmaeodera starrae Knull 1966

TL: TX, Starr Co., 5 mi W Sullivan City

Range: TX
Host: Unknown

Acmaeodera texana LeConte [1859] 1860

TL: TX

Range: AL, AR, GA, IL, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, TX

Acmaeodera thoracata Knull 1974

TL: TX, Starr Co.

Range: TX
Host: Unknown

Acmaeodera tildenorum Nelson & Westcott 1995

TL: TX, Hidalgo Co., Sullivan City

Range: TX; and MEX

Acmaeodera tiquilia Westcott & Barr 1998

TL: TX, Brewster Co., "Lower Pine Cyn.", Big Bend N.P.

Range: TX
Host: Ephedra - Jointfir

Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius) Range: TX-FL-NY-IL Hosts: Polyphagous

Acmaeodera uvaldensis Knull 1936

TL: TX, Uvalde Co., Uvalde

Range: TX; and MEX

Acmaeodera variegata LeConte

Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke 1919

TL: TX, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains

Range: TX; and MEX
Host: Acacia constricta - Whitethorn Acacia

Genus Acmaeoderopsis Barr 1974

Acmaeoderopsis chisosensis (Knull 1952)

TL: TX, Brewster Co., Chisos Mountains

Range: TX; and MEX
Host: Acacia constricta - Whitethorn Acacia

Acmaeoderopsis hulli (Knull)

Genus Ptosima Dejean 1833

Ptosima gibbicollis (Say)

Ptosima idolynae Frost

Ptosima laeta Waterhouse Range: TX / MX Host: Cercis canadensis L. var. texensis

Ptosima walshii LeConte

Genus Thrincopyge LeConte 1858

Thrincopyge alacris LeConte Range: AZ to TX / MX Host: Beaucarnea, Dasylirion

Thrincopyge ambiens (LeConte 1854)

TL: TX, Starr Co., Frontera, Rio Grande City

Range: AZ, NM, TX; and MEX

Host: Dasylirion wheeleri - Common Sotol

Genus Polycesta Dejean 1833

Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer
Polycesta aruensis obenberger

Polycesta elata LeConte 1858

TL: TX

Range: AL, AR, IL, LA, MO, OK, TX

Host: Fraxinus, Platanus, and Quercus

Genus Paratyndaris Fisher 1919

Paratyndaris acaciae Knull 1937

TL: TX, Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains

Range: NM, TX; and MEX

Paratyndaris chamaeleonis (Skinner 1903) TL: TX, Cameron Co., B'ville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX / MX Host: Acacia, Diospyros, Ebenopsis, Parkinsonia

Paratyndaris cincta (Horn 1885)

TL: TX

Range: TX; and MEX

Host: Ebenopsis ebano - Texas Ebony

Paratyndaris crandalli Knull 1941 TL: TX, Webb Co., Laredo Range: TX Host: larval host unknown

Paratyndaris prosopis (Skinner 1903)

TL: TX, Travis Co., Austin

Range: AZ, OK, MS, TX

Host: Prosopis and Quercus 

Subfamily Chrysochroinae Laporte 1835

Genus Nanularia Casey 1909

Nanularia pygmaea (Knull 1941)

TL: TX, Val Verde Co.

Range: TX

Host: unknown

Genus Texania Casey 1909

Texania fulleri (Horn 1875) TL: TX Range: TX Host: Celtis laevigata - Sugar Hackberry

Texania langeri (Chevrolat 1853)

Genus Chalcophora Dejean 1833

Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte)

Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury)

Genus Poecilonota Eschscholtz 1829

Poecilonota cyanipes (Say)
Poecilonota ferrea (Melsheimer)

Poecilonota thureura (Say)

Genus Gyascutus LeConte 1858

Gyascutus caelata (LeConte)

Gyascutus carolinensis Horn

Gyascutus planicosta obliteratus (LeConte) Range: CA-TX-CO-NV

Genus Hippomelas Laporte & Glory 1837

Hippomelas planicauda Casey

Hippomelas sphenicus (LeConte 1854) TL: TX, Webb Co. to Starr Co. Range: AZ to TX / MX Host: larval hosts unknown

Genus Lampetis Dejean 1833

Lampetis cupreopunctata (Schaeffer 1905) TL: TX, Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch Range: TX / MX Host: larval hosts unknown

Lampetis drummondi (Laporte & Gory)

Lampetis webbii (LeConte)

Genus Dicerca Eschscholtz 1829

Dicerca asperata (Laporte & Gory)
Dicerca divaricata (Say)
Dicerca lepida LeConte
Dicerca lurida (Fabricius)
Dicerca mutica LeConte

Dicerca obscura (Fabricius)
Dicerca punctulata (Schönherr)

Dicerca tenebrica (Kirby)

Subfamily Buprestinae Leach 1815

 

Genus Trachykele Marseul 1865

Trachykele lecontei (Gory)

Genus Buprestis Linnaeus 1758

Buprestis apricans Herbst 
Buprestis confluenta Say 
Buprestis consolaris Glory 
Buprestis decora Fabricius 
Buprestis lineata Fabricius 
Buprestis lyrata Casey 
Buprestis maculipennis Gory 
Buprestis nutalli Kirby 
Buprestis parmaculativentris Knull 1958

TL: TX: Brewster County, Big Bend NP, Chisos Mountains
Range: TX

Host: Pinus cembroides - Mexican Pinyon

Buprestis rufipes Olivier 1790
Buprestis striata Fabricius 

Genus Agaeocera Saunders 1871

Agaeocera gentilis (Horn, 1885) TL: SW TX Range: CA to TX / MX Host: Sphaeralcea

Agaeocera scintillans Waterhouse

Genus Spectralia Casey 1909

Spectralia gracilipes (Melsheimer) 
Spectralia prosternalis (Schaeffer, 1904)

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch

Range: TX

Host: Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana 

Spectralia roburella (Knull, 1941)

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains

Range: TX

Host: Sandpaper Oak - Quercus vaseyana  

Spectralia robusta (Chamberlain, 1920) TL: TX Range: TX Host: Diospyros texana

Genus Agrilaxia Kerremans 1903

Agrilaxia flavimana (Glory) Range: AZ-FL-NY-KS Host: Cercis, Pinus, Prumus, Ulmus

Genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz 1829

Anthaxia carya Wellso & Jackman 2006

TL: TX: Kimble Co., Junction

Range: AL, GA, TX

Host: Pecan - Carya illinoinensis

Anthaxia dichroa Bilý

Anthaxia quercicola Wellso 1974

TL: TX: Brazos Co., near College Station, Easterwood Airport

Range: FL, GA, MI, MO, MS, OK, TX

Host: Bastard Oak - Quercus sinuata 

Anthaxia viridicornis (Say)

Anthaxia viridifrons Gory Range: Eastern N. Amer. Host: Polyphagus

Genus Xenorhipis LeConte 1866

Xenorhipis brendeli LeConte

Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull 1952 TL: TX: Hidalgo Co. Range: TX: and MEX Host: larval host unknown

Xenorhipis osburni Knull 1936

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains

Range: TX

Host: Whitethorn Acacia - Acacia constricta 

Genus Melanophila Eschscholtz 1829

Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer)

Melanophila atropurpurea (Say)

Genus Phaenops Dejean 1833

Phaenops aeneola (Melsheimer)

Phaenops obenbergeri (Knull, 1952)

TL: TX: Fayette Co.

Range: TX

Host: unknown 

Phaenops piniedulis (Burke)

Genus Xenomelanophila Sloop 1937

Xenomelanophila miranda LeConte Range: CA-TX-CO-WA Host: Juniperus occidentalis

Genus Actenodes Dejean 1833

Actenodes acornis (Say)

Actenodes calcarata (Chevrolat)

Actenodes davidi Nelson

Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer, 1904

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza ranch

Range: TX

Host: Spiny Hackberry - Celtis ehrenbergiana 

Actenodes mendax Horn, 1891

TL: TX

Range: AZ, NM, TX

Hosts: Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa and Honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos 

Actenodes simi Fisher

Genus Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829

Chrysobothris acaciae Knull 1936

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains

Range: NM, TX; and MEX

Hosts: Catclaw Acacia - Acacia greggii and Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa and 

Chrysobothris acuminata LeConte

Chrysobothris acutipennis Chevrolat

Chrysobothris adelpha Gemminger & Harold

Chrysobothris analis LeConte Range: AZ to TX / Mex. Host: polyphagous

Chrysobothris axillaris Horn

Chrysobothris basalis LeConte, 1858 TL: TX: Laredo to Ringgold Barracks Range: AZ, TX / MX Hosts: Acacia, Leucaena

Chrysobothris beameri Knull, 1954

TL: TX: Big Bend

Range: TX

Hosts: 

Chrysobothris blanchardi Horn

Chrysobothris breviloba Fall

Chrysobothris caddo Wellso & Manley 2007

TL: TX: Bastrop Co., Bastrop

Range: 

Hosts: 

Chrysobothris chlorocephala Gory

Chrysobothris chryseola (Illiger)

Chrysobothris comanche Wellso & Manley 2007

TL: TX: Val Verde Co., 4 mi. N. Constock

Range: NM, TX, UT

Hosts: Larva in Juglands sp.

Chrysobothris culbersoniana Knull 1943

TL: TX: Culberson Co.

Range: NM, TX

Hosts: 

Chrysobothris cuprascens LeConte

Chrysobothris edwardsi Horn

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull 1964

TL: TX: Starr Co., 5 mi. W. Sullivan City

Range: TX

Hosts:

Chrysobothris exesa Leconte

Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier)

Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher 1942

TL: TX: Uvalde Co., Montell

Range: OK, TX, MEX

Hosts:

Chrysobothris hidalgoensis Knull 1951

TL: TX: Hidalgo Co., near Mission

Range: TX

Hosts: Unk.

Chrysobothris humilis Horn

Chrysobothris ignicollis Horn

Chrysobothris iris Van Dyke

Chrysobothris lateralis Waterhouse

Chrysobothris lixa Horn 1886

TL: TX

Range: AZ, TX, MEX

Hosts:

Chrysobothris merkelii Horn 1886

TL: TX

Range: CA to TX to NV, MEX

Hosts:

Chrysobothris mescalero Wellso & Manley 2007

TL: TX: Pecos Co.

Range: NM, TX

Hosts: Quercus

Chrysobothris octocola LeConte

Chrysobothris peninsularis Schaeffer

Chrysobothris prosopidis Fischer

Chrysobothris pseudacutipennis Obenberger 1940

TL: TX

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Adutls on Prosopis glandulosa

Chrysobothris pubilineata Vogt 1949

TL: TX: Starr Co., Rio Grande City to Hidalgo Co., Mission

Range: NM, TX

Hosts:

Chrysobothris p. purpureovittata Horn 1886 TL: TX Range: NM to MS to TN to IL Hosts: polyphagous

Chrysobothris purpureovittata Horn

Chrysobothris quadriimpressa Laporte & Gory

Chrysobothris quadrilineata LeConte

Chrysobothris scitula Gory

Chrysobothris shawnee Wellso & Manley 2007

TL: TX: Brazos Co., College Station

Range: TX to FL to NY to KS

Hosts: Larva in various Quercus spp.

Chrysobothris speculifer Horn

Chrysobothris texana LeConte 1860

TL: TX

Range: CA to TX to ND to ID

Hosts:

Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer

Genus Knowltonia

Knowltonia  atrifasciata (LeConte)

Genus Sphaerobothris 

Sphaerobothris ulkei (LeConte, 1860)

TL: TX

Range: AZ to TX, MEX

Hosts: Ephedra tricurca 

Subfamily Agrilinae

 Genus Paragrilus

Paragrilus exiguus (Chevrolat)

Paragrilus rugatulus Thomson 1879

Genus Agrilus

Agrilus abductus Horn 1891

TL: TX

Range: TX to GA to NC to TN

Hosts:

Agrilus abjectus Horn 1891

TL: TX

Range: TX

Hosts: Unk.

Agrilus acaciae Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Browsville, Los Borregos

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: larva in various legumes

Agrilus addendus Crotch 1873

TL: TX

Range: NM to TX to ND

Hosts:

Agrilus albocomus Fisher

Agrilus audax Horn 1891

TL: TX

Range: AZ to TX to IL to OK

Hosts: larva in Ulmus

Agrilus benjamini Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Victoria Co., Victoria

Range: TX to MO to IL to KS

Hosts:

Agrilus bentseni Knull 1954

TL: TX, Hidalgo Co., Bentsen Rio Grande State Park

Range: TX

Host: Bernardia myricifolia 

Agrilus bespencus Barr 2008

TL: TX: Pecos Co., Sheffield

Range: TX

Hosts: Unk.

Agrilus bilineatus (Weber)

Agrilus cavatus Chevrolat

Agrilus celti Knull

Agrilus chisosanus Knull

Agrilus concinnus Horn

Agrilus costipennis Fisher

Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults in Acacia spp, Prosopis glandulosa

Agrilus cupricollis Gory

Agrilus davisi Knull 1941

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns.

Range: TX

Hosts: Unk.

Agrilus defectus LeConte

Agrilus difficilis Gory

Agrilus dolli Schaeffer 1904

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esparanza Ranch

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in Diospyros texana

Agrilus egeniformis Champlain & Knull

Agrilus eleanorae Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Devil's River

Range: AZ, TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults on Acacia spp. and Ebenopsis sp.

Agrilus esperanzae Knull 1935

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: TX: and MEX

Host: unknown

Agrilus exiguellus Fisher 1928

TL: TX: 

Range: KS, TX

Hosts: Adults on Quercus sp.

Agrilus exsapindi Vogt 1949

TL: TX: SW Hidalgo Co., 1 mi S Granjeno

Range: TX

Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp.

Agrilus fallax Say

Agrilus falli Fisher

Agrilus felix Horn

Agrilus ferrisi Dury

Agrilus fisherellus Obenberger

Agrilus geminatus (Say)

Agrilus gibbicollis Fall

Agrilus gillespiensis Knull 1947

TL: TX: Gillespie Co. 

Range: TX

Hosts: Adults on Celtis sp.

Agrilus hespenheidei Nelson

Agrilus imbellis Crotch

Agrilus lacustris LeConte

Agrilus lautuellus Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Duval Co., San Diego

Range: TX

Hosts: Larvae in Diospros texana

Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: AZ to MS to KS, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in various Celtis spp.

Agrilus lecontei Saunders

Agrilus limpiae Knull 1941 TL: TX: Davis Co., Davis Mtns. Range: TX to KS Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp.

Agrilus macer LeConte 1858

TL: TX: Maverick Co., Eagle Pass

Range: TX, LA, FL, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in Celtis spp.

Agrilus malvastri Fisher

Agrilus masculinus Horn

Agrilus minosae Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Devil's River

Range: AZ, TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults on various Legumes

Agrilus muticus LeConte 1858

TL: TX 

Range: TX to KS

Hosts: Adults on Callirhoe sp.

Agrilus neoprosopidis Knull 1938

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in Leucaena sp.

Agrilus oblongus Fisher

Agrilus obolinus LeConte

Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt 1949

TL: TX: Starr Co., Rio Grande City to Hidalgo Co., Mission

Range: AZ, TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults on Acacia spp.

Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Gory

Agrilus obtusus Horn 1891

TL: TX: "probably near lower Rio Grande"

Range: NM, TX, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in Senna sp.

Agrilus olentangyi Champlain & Knull 1925

TL: TX

Range: E. U.S.

Hosts: Larvae in Rhus glabra

Agrilus ornatulus Horn 1891

TL: SW TX

Range: TX, KS

Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp. and Foresteria sp.

Agrilus parabductus Knull 1954

TL: TX: Lake Corpus Christi

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults on Acacia sp.

Agrilus paracelti Knull

Agrilus parvus parvus Saunders 1870

Agrilus pectoralis Waterhouse

Agrilus politus politus (Say)
Agrilus prionurus Chevrolat 1838

Agrilus prosopidis Fisher 1928

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: TX; MEX

Hosts: Various hardwoods

Agrilus pseudofallax Frost

Agrilus pubescens Fisher

Agrilus pulchellus Bland

Agrilus pusillus (Say)

Agrilus putillus parputillus Knull 1960

TL: TX: Brewster Co., Big Bend National Park, Chisos Mtns., Pine Cyn.

Range: TX

Hosts: Larvae in Acer grandidentatum

Agrilus rubroniger Hespenheide

Agrilus rubrovittatus Waterhouse

Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius)

Agrilus salviaphilos Manley 1979

TL: TX: Frio Co., 3 mi S Moore

Range: TX

Hosts: Adults on Salvia ballotiflora

Agrilus sapindi Knull 1938

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns.

Range: NM, TX, KS

Hosts: Adults on Sapindus sp.

Agrilus scitulus Horn 1891

TL: TX: "probably Waco"

Range: TX to KS

Hosts: Larvae in Sapindus sp.

Agrilus subcinctus Gory

Agrilus subtropicus Schaeffer 1905

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville, Esperanza Ranch

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Adults on Celtis sp. and Diospyros sp.

Agrilus taeniatus Chevrolat

Agrilus toxotes Obenberger

Agrilus turnbowi Nelson 1990

TL: TX: Bexar Co., San Antonio, Ft. Sam Houston

Range: TX

Hosts: Larvae in Phoradendron tomentosum

Agrilus viridescens Knull 1935

TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville

Range: TX, MEX

Hosts: Larvae in Prosopis glandulosa

Genus Aphanisticus

Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger

Genus Brachys

Brachys aerosus (Melsheimer)

Brachys barberi Fisher Range: AZ to TX Hosts: Larvae in Prosopis glandulosa Host: adults on Quercus gambelii

Brachys ovatus (Weber)

Brachys querci Knull 1952

TL: TX: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mtns.

Range: NM, TX

Hosts: Adults on Quercus sp.

Genus Taphrocerus

Taphrocerus agriloides Crotch 1873 TL: TX  Range: TX-FL-NC-MO Hosts: larval host unknown

Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull

Taphrocerus howardi Obenberger

Taphrocerus nicolayi Obenberger

Taphrocerus schaefferi Nicolay & Weiss 1920 TL: TX: Cameron Co., Brownsville  Range: AZ to FL to ONT to IA Hosts: Larvae in "nutsedge" and Cyperus sp

Genus Pachyschelus

Pachyschelus fisheri Vogt 1949

TL: TX: Cameron Co., 3 mi E Santa Maria

Range: TX

Hosts: Larvae in Bernardia myricifolia

Pachyschelus nicolayi Obenberger

Pachyschelus purpureus uvaldei Knull 1941 TL: TX: Uvalde Co. Range: TX Hosts: Adults on Acalypha hederacea

Pachyschelus vogti Hespenheide Range: TX, FL to SC Hosts: larval hosts unknown

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