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The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Morelos, Mexico, with description of six new species, and a partially annotated checklist

Plant Division, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, OR 97301, USA
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Montecillo, Edo. de México, MEXICO
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Morelos, 62210 Cuernavaca, MEXICO
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Montecillo, Edo. de México, MEXICO
Coleoptera Buprestidae Mexico Morelos

Abstract

Beetles of the family Buprestidae are treated for Morelos, the second smallest state in Mexico, in a partially annotated checklist, with the following new species being described: Acmaeodera noguerai Westcott, A. tenuivittata Westcott, Agrilus cyphothoracoides Hespenheide, A. pseudosallei Hespenheide, Brachys exquisitus Hespenheide, and Chrysobothris tessellatus Westcott. Special emphasis is placed on the fauna of La Reserva de La Biosfera Sierra de Huautla. Twentysix genera and 139 species from Morelos are recorded herein.

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