Chrysobothris nelsoni Westcott and Alten, 2006

Westcott, Richard L., 2023, New host and distribution records plus additional notes for North American species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with designation of a lectotype for Chrysobothris vulcanica LeConte, 1861, Insecta Mundi 2023 (967), pp. 1-10 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7710075

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FDB5C4A4-548C-4436-92BB-59AE3183378CN

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C387A1-FF9E-FFC7-FF32-21F38A7BB720

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Chrysobothris nelsoni Westcott and Alten, 2006
status

 

Chrysobothris nelsoni Westcott and Alten, 2006 View in CoL

A single larva of what undoubtedly is this species was collected as follows: ARIZONA, Coconino Co., 3 mi NE Pine Tree Pockets Ranch, 6315′, 36.8736°, −111.9303°, 26-IX-2016, in crown dead Eriogonum alatum Torr., R. L. Westcott, WFBM. That plant is the only known host for C. nelsoni , and the locality is only 30–45 miles from sites of similar habitat in Utah noted in the original description ( Westcott and Alten 2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Chrysobothris

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