Acmaeodera rubrocuprea

Acmaeodera rubrocuprea is a species in the family Buprestidae ("metallic wood-boring beetles"), in the suborder Polyphaga ("water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf and snout beetles").[1][2][3] The distribution range of Acmaeodera rubrocuprea includes Central America and North America.[2]

Acmaeodera rubrocuprea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Polycestinae
Tribe:	Acmaeoderini
Genus:	Acmaeodera
Species:	A. rubrocuprea
Binomial name
Acmaeodera rubrocuprea Westcott and Nelson, 2000

References

1. "Acmaeodera rubrocuprea Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
2. "Acmaeodera rubrocuprea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. "Acmaeodera rubrocuprea Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

Further reading

• "A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico", Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Bellamy, C.L. (2008-2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea), Volumes 1-5. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 76-80.
• Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). "A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico". The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4, iv + 274.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.