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Ladder-like Flower Bup

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim, 1837

Family Buprestidae, Subfamily Polycestinae, Tribe Acmaeoderini

cf. A. flavomarginata

NABA International Butterfly Park
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas
October 19, 2006 (Patrick Coin)

Texas County Records for Acmaeodera scalaris

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

Range: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico and Central America.

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: Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim, 1837

acmae, -o (G). Flourishing,
der, -o (G). The neck; the hide
scal, =a, -ari, -i (L). A ladder

Biography: Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim (1797 – 1854) was a Finnish entomologist and governor - Wikipedia

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.

Cazier, M.A. 1951. The Buprestidae of North Central Mexico (Coleoptera). American Museum Novitates 1526: 1-56, figs. 1-51.

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.

LeConte, J.L. 1858. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican boundary commission, under Major W.H. Emory, U.S.A. Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 59-89.

Mannerheim, C. G. von. 1837. Mémoire sur quelques genres et espèces de Carabiques. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 10: 1-29.

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., 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.