''Anthaxia thalassophila'' is a species of ''jewel beetles'' belonging to the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
, subfamily
Buprestinae.
Subspecies
[Biolib]
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*''Anthaxia thalassophila iberica'' (Cobos, 1986)
*''Anthaxia thalassophila pseudokervillei'' (Niehuis, 1990)
*''Anthaxia thalassophila thalassophila'' (Abeille de Perrin, 1900)
Description
''Anthaxia thalassophila'' can reach a length of .
Ecology
Main larval host plants are in genus '' Pistacia'', '' Quercus'', ''Castanea
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The name also refers to the edible nut (fruit), nuts they produce.
Th ...
'', ''Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'' and '' Olea''.Host plants of Buprestidae
/ref> Adults occurs from Aprils to July, especially on daisies.[
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Distribution
This beetle is present in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, former Yugoslavia and Albania.[Fauna Europaea]
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References
Buprestidae
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1900
Taxa named by Elzéar Abeille de Perrin
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