Dicerca lugubris
| Dicerca lugubris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Dicerca |
| Species: | D. lugubris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicerca lugubris LeConte, 1860 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dicerca lugubris is a species of beetle from Chrysochroinae subfamily. It is dark-cupreous coloured on top and black-cupreous below. The length of the species may vary from 11.1–16.5 millimetres (0.44–0.65 in) while they can be as wide as 4.1–6.0 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). The species can be found on Lake Superior, Marquette, Michigan as well as Laniel, Quebec.[1] It is also found in Iowa, Alberta, and Southeastern North America where it feeds on jack pine.[2]
References
- ↑ G. H. Nelson (1975). "A revision of the genus Dicerca in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)" (PDF). Ent. Arb. Mus. Kansas City: 110–112.
- ↑ "Dicerca lugubris LeConte". University of Alberta. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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