Dicerca hornii

Dicerca hornii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. hornii
Binomial name
Dicerca hornii
Crotch, 1873

Dicerca hornii is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Subspecies

There are two valid subspecies of Dicerca hornii:

  • Dicerca hornii hornii Crotch, 1873
  • Dicerca hornii nelsoni Beer, 1974

Another subspecies was described as Dicerca hornii ampliata Casey, 1909 (p.53 as "horni ampliata"), but later as a junior synonym of Dicerca hornii hornii Crotch, 1873 by Leng, 1920 (p180), per Nelson et al. 2008 (p.74).[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dicerca hornii". Catalog of Life. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Dicerca hornii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Dicerca hornii". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ 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.

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