Trachykele blondeli

Trachykele blondeli is a species in the family Buprestidae ("metallic wood-boring beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] Common names include "western cedar borer", "powder worm beetle" and "western red cedar borer".[3] They live in Central America and North America.[2]

Trachykele blondeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Buprestoidea
Family:
Buprestidae
Subfamily:
Buprestinae
Tribe:
Buprestini
Genus:
Trachykele
Species:
T. blondeli
Binomial name
Trachykele blondeli
Marseul, 1865

References
  1. "Trachykele blondeli species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. "Encyclopedia of Life Trachykele blondeli species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

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.
  • American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • 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.
  • Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • The world of jewel beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Bellamy C.L.


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