Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida
Date of this Version
5-26-2023
Citation
Westcott RL. 2023. A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from southern Nevada, USA. Insecta Mundi 0990: 1–3.
Abstract
A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829, A. raschkoi Westcott (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is described from southern Nevada, USA, and compared to four other species in the genus. Its habitat and means of capture are discussed in detail.
A new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from Nevada is described herein and figured. Its habitat and means of capture are described. According to Nelson et al. (2008), there were 145 valid species of Acmaeodera in the USA. Since that time, only one more has been added (MacRae 2014), and one has been synonymized (Hansen and Westcott 2023), leaving 146 species of the genus in the USA. The addition of the species described herein brings to 34 the total for the state of Nevada. Only one other species, Acmaeodera condita Barr, has not been reported from another state (Nelson et al. 2008). In my opinion, both species will be found to inhabit one or more adjacent states.
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Published on May 26, 2023 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/
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