Buprestidae of Texas

Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles

The TIARA Biodiversity Project

Texas Beetle Information

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

There are 315 species of Buprestids recorded from Texas

Genus Acmaeodera

Acmaeodera amabilis Horn

Acmaeodera amplicollis LeConte

Acmaeodera auritincta Fall

Acmaeodera bowditchi Fall

Acmaeodera conoidea Fall

Acmaeodera consors Horn

Acmaeodera davidsoni Barr

Acmaeodera delumbus Horn

Acmaeodera flavinigrapunctata Knull

Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray)

Acmaeodera flavopicta Waterhouse

Acmaeodera gibbula LeConte

Acmaeodera gillespiensis Knull

Acmaeodera macra Horn

Acmaeodera miliaris Horn

Acmaeodera mixta LeConte

Acmaeodera neglecta Fall

Acmaeodera neoneglecta Fisher

Acmaeodera obtusa Horn

Acmaeodera opacula LeConte

Acmaeodera opuntiae Knull

Acmaeodera ornatoides Barr

Acmaeodera paradisjuncta Knull

Acmaeodera pinalorum Knull

Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst)

Acmaeodera quadrivittata Horn

Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides Nelson & Westcott

Acmaeodera recticollis Fall

Acmaeodera riograndei Nelson

Acmaeodera robigo Knull

Acmaeodera rubronotata Laporte

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim

Acmaeodera sparsa Horn

Acmaeodera starrae Knull

Acmaeodera thoracata Knull

Acmaeodera tildenorum Nelson & Westcott

Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius)

Acmaeodera uvaldensis Knull

Acmaeodera variegata LeConte

Acmaeodera wenzeli Van Dyke

Genus Acmaeoderoides

Acmaeoderoides ferruginis Wellso & Nelson

Acmaeoderoides humeralis (Cazier)

Genus Acmaeoderopsis

Acmaeoderopsis chisosensis (Knull)

Acmaeoderopsis hulli (Knull)

Acmaeoderopsis varipilis (Van Dyke)

Genus Actenodes

Actenodes acornis (Say)

Actenodes calcarata (Chevrolat)

Actenodes davidi Nelson

Actenodes flexicaulis Schaeffer

Actenodes mendax Horn

Genus Agaeocera

Agaeocera gentilis (Horn)

Genus Agrilus

Agrilus abductus Horn

Agrilus abjectus Horn

Agrilus acaciae Fisher

Agrilus addendus Crotch

Agrilus albocomus Fisher

Agrilus benjamini Fisher

Agrilus bentseni Knull

Agrilus bilineatus (Weber)

Agrilus cavatus Chevrolat

Agrilus celti Knull

Agrilus chisosanus Knull

Agrilus concinnus Horn

Agrilus costipennis Fisher

Agrilus cupreonitens Fisher

Agrilus cupricollis Gory

Agrilus davisi Knull

Agrilus defectus LeConte

Agrilus difficilis Gory

Agrilus dolli Schaeffer

Agrilus egeniformis Champlain & Knull

Agrilus eleanorae Fisher

Agrilus esperanzae Knull

Agrilus exiguellus Fisher

Agrilus exsapindi Vogt

Agrilus fallax Say

Agrilus falli Fisher

Agrilus felix Horn

Agrilus ferrisi Dury

Agrilus fisherellus Obenberger

Agrilus geminatus (Say)

Agrilus gibbicollis Fall

Agrilus gillespiensis Knull

Agrilus hespenheidei Nelson

Agrilus imbellis Crotch

Agrilus lacustris LeConte

Agrilus lautuellus Fisher

Agrilus lecontei celticola Fisher

Agrilus lecontei Saunders

Agrilus limpiae Knull

Agrilus macer LeConte

Agrilus malvastri Fisher

Agrilus masculinus Horn

Agrilus minosae Fisher

Agrilus muticus LeConte

Agrilus neoprosopidis Knull

Agrilus oblongus Fisher

Agrilus obolinus LeConte

Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt

Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Gory

Agrilus obtusus Horn

Agrilus olentangyi Champlain & Knull

Agrilus ornatulus Horn

Agrilus parabductus Knull

Agrilus paracelti Knull

Agrilus pectoralis Waterhouse

Agrilus politus politus (Say)

Agrilus prosopidis Fisher

Agrilus pseudofallax Frost

Agrilus pubescens Fisher

Agrilus pulchellus Bland

Agrilus pusillus (Say)

Agrilus putillus parputillus Knull

Agrilus rubroniger Hespenheide

Agrilus rubrovittatus Waterhouse

Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius)

Agrilus scitulus Horn

Agrilus subcinctus Gory

Agrilus subtropicus Schaeffer

Agrilus taeniatus Chevrolat

Agrilus toxotes Obenberger

Agrilus turnbowi Nelson

Agrilus viridescens Knull

Genus Anthaxia

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sp.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridifrons Gory

Genus Aphanisticus

Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger

Genus Brachys

Brachys ovatus (Weber)

Brachys querci Knull

Genus Buprestis

Buprestis rufipes (Olivier)

Genus Chrysobothris

Chrysobothris acaciae Knull

Chrysobothris acuminata LeConte

Chrysobothris acutipennis Chevrolat

Chrysobothris adelpha Gemminger & Harold

Chrysobothris analis LeConte

Chrysobothris axillaris Horn

Chrysobothris basalis LeConte

Chrysobothris beameri Knull

Chrysobothris blanchardi Horn

Chrysobothris breviloba Fall

Chrysobothris chlorocephala Gory

Chrysobothris chryseola (Illiger)

Chrysobothris cuprascens LeConte

Chrysobothris edwardsi Horn

Chrysobothris ephedrae ephedrae Knull

Chrysobothris ephedrae vogti Knull

Chrysobothris exesa Leconte

Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier)

Chrysobothris fiskei Fisher

Chrysobothris hidalgoensis Knull

Chrysobothris humilis Horn

Chrysobothris ignicollis Horn

Chrysobothris iris Van Dyke

Chrysobothris lateralis Waterhouse

Chrysobothris lixa Horn

Chrysobothris merkelii Horn

Chrysobothris octocola LeConte

Chrysobothris peninsularis Schaeffer

Chrysobothris prosopidis Fischer

Chrysobothris pubilineata Vogt

Chrysobothris purpureovittata purpureovittata Horn

Chrysobothris purpureovittata Horn

Chrysobothris quadriimpressa Laporte & Gory

Chrysobothris quadrilineata LeConte

Chrysobothris scitula Gory

Chrysobothris speculifer Horn

Chrysobothris texana LeConte

Chrysobothris viridiceps Melsheimer

Genus Dicerca

Dicerca lurida (Fabricius)

Dicerca obscura (Fabricius)

Dicerca tenebrica (Kirby)

Genus Gyascutus

Gyascutus (Stictocera) caelata (LeConte)

Gyascutus (Gyascutus) carolinensis Horn

Gyascutus (Gyascutus) planicosta obliteratus (LeConte)

Genus Hippomelas

Hippomelas (Hippomelas) planicauda Casey

Hippomelas (Hippomelas) sphenica (LeConte)

Genus Lampetis

Lampetis (Lampetis) cupreopunctata (Schaeffer)

Lampetis (Lampetis) drummondi (Laporte & Gory)

Lampetis (Lampetis) webbii (LeConte)

Genus Mastogenius

Mastogenius crenulatus Knull

Mastogenius texanus Bellamy

Genus Nanularia

Nanularia pygmaea (Knull)

Genus Pachyschelus

Pachyschelus fisheri Vogt

Pachyschelus purpureus uvaldei Knull

Genus Paragrilus

Paragrilus exiguus (Chevrolat)

Paragrilus rugatulus Thomson

Genus Paratyndaris

Paratyndaris acaciae Knull

Paratyndaris chamaeleonis (Skinner)

Paratyndaris crandalli Knull

Paratyndaris prosopis (Skinner)

Genus Phaenops

Phaenops obenbergeri (Knull)

Phaenops piniedulis (Burke)

Genus Poecilonota

Poecilonota cyanipes (Say)

Poecilonota thureura (Say)

Genus Polycesta

Polycesta arizonica Schaeffer

Polycesta elata LeConte

Polycesta velasco Laporte & Gory

Genus Ptosima

Ptosima gibbicollis (Say)

Ptosima idolynae Frost

Ptosima laeta Waterhouse

Genus Spectralia

Spectralia prosternalis (Schaeffer)

Spectralia roburella (Knull)

Spectralia robusta (Chamberlain)

Genus Taphrocerus

Taphrocerus agriloides Crotch

Taphrocerus albodistinctus Knull

Taphrocerus howardi Obenberger

Taphrocerus nicolayi Obenberger

Taphrocerus schaefferi Nicolay & Weiss

Genus Texania

Texania fulleri (Horn)

Genus Thrincopyge

Thrincopyge alacris LeConte

Thrincopyge ambiens (LeConte)

Genus Trachykele

Trachykele lecontei (Gory)

Genus Trigonogya

Trigonogya reticulaticollis (Schaeffer)

Genus Xenorhipis

Xenorhipis brendeli LeConte

Xenorhipis hidalgoensis Knull

Xenorhipis osburni Knull

References:

Vogt, G.B. 1949a. Five new Buprestidae from south Texas (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42(1): 48-54.

Vogt, G.H. 1949b. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.