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Descriptions of Some Chrysobothris Larvae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Occurring in the United States and Mexico1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Paul Benoit
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 35, Sillery (Quebec 6), Quebec

Abstract

Eleven species of buprestid larvae of the genus Chrysobothris selected from the H. E. Burke Collection of the United States National Museum are described in this paper. They are: C. bacchari Van Dyke, C. costifrons Waterhouse, C. debilis LeConte, C. dolata Horn, C. edwardsii Horn, C. ignicollis Horn, C. lucana Horn, C. mali Horn, C. nixa Horn, C. octocola LeConte, and C. tranquebarica (Gmelin). The genus of host plants for each buprestid species and the insect's geographical distribution are listed.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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