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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Acmaeodera trizonalis
Acmaeodera trizonalis

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

-Superfamily Buprestoidea

-Jewel Beetles Family (Buprestidae)

-Subfamily Polycestinae

-Tribe Acmaeoderini

-Genus Acmaeodera

-Acmaeodera trizonalis


Acmaeodera trizonalis is a species of jewel beetle in the family Buprestidae, belonging to the genus Acmaeodera. This genus includes a variety of beetles recognized for their colorful, often patterned bodies and association with flowering plants and woody habitats. The body is black with three distinct red bands across the elytra (hence the name "trizonalis," meaning "three-zoned").

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