Montserrat Virtual Museum of Natural History

Chrysobothris marskae Maier and Ivie

Buprestidae

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Status: Single island endemic, with relatives in islands from Hispaniola to Guadeloupe. Known from nine specimens from seven localities. Larvae bore in dead wood and woody vines.

Reference: Maier & Ivie. 2013. New species and records of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Montserrat, Saba, and Anguilla, with a key to the Chrysobothris thoracica species-group in the West Indies Coleopterists Bulletin, 67(2): 81-88.