Dicerca juncea is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae.[2][3][4][5] It is endemic to the Southeastern United States,[6] with the type material from the Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.[1] It is an elongate beetle of about 14.2 mm (0.56 in) length.[1]

Dicerca juncea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Dicerca
Species:
D. juncea
Binomial name
Dicerca juncea
Knull, 1958[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Knull, Josef N. (1958). "Two new North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)". Ohio Journal of Science. 58 (3): 153–154. hdl:1811/4530.
  2. ^ "Dicerca juncea Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. ^ "Dicerca juncea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. ^ "Dicerca juncea Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  5. ^ "Dicerca juncea species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  6. ^ Peck, Stewart B. & Michael C. Thomas (1998). A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Vol. 16. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. p. 65.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bellamy, C.L. (2008–2009). A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Pensoft. ISBN 978-9546423177.
  • Bellamy, C.L. (2013). "The world of jewel beetles". Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  • Bellamy, C.L.; Nelson, G.H. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (ed.). Family 41. Buprestidae Leach, 1815. CRC Press. pp. 98–112. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  • Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
  • 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. Vol. 4. The Coleopterists' Society.