Texas Beetle Information

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Ladder-like Flower Bup

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim, 1837

Family Buprestidae, Subfamily Polycestinae, Tribe Acmaeoderini

cf. A. flavomarginata

(feeding on Eupatorium)

Bentsen-RGV State Park

Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas
November 16, 2005 (Joshua Rose)

Texas County Records for Acmaeodera scalaris

County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Dec. 2005

Range: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico

Hosts: Adults feed on Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae.

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: Yellow-margined Flower Bup - Acmaeodera flavomarginata

Etymology: scalaris

scal, =a, -ari, -i (L). A ladder

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.

Chamberlin, W.J. 1926. Catalogue of the Buprestidae of North America North of Mexico. Corvallis, 289 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.

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., W.F. Barr, G. H. Nelson, & D.S. Verity. 1979. Distributional and biological notes on North and Central American species of Acmaeodera
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 33(2):169-181.

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.