Pachyschelus purpureus

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Pachyschelus purpureus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Pachyschelus
Species:
P. purpureus
Binomial name
Pachyschelus purpureus
(Say, 1833)

Pachyschelus purpureus is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Subspecies[edit]

These four subspecies belong to the species Pachyschelus purpureus:

  • Pachyschelus purpureus azureus Waterhouse, 1889
  • Pachyschelus purpureus bicolor Kerremans, 1894
  • Pachyschelus purpureus purpureus (Say, 1833)
  • Pachyschelus purpureus uvaldei Knull, 1941

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pachyschelus purpureus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Pachyschelus purpureus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading[edit]

  • Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  • Nelson, Gayle H.; Walters Jr., George C. Jr.; Haines, R. Dennis; Bellamy, Charles L. (2008). A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. Special Publication No. 4. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0972608787.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.