Trachykele blondeli is a species in the family Buprestidae ("metallic wood-boring beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles"). Common names include "western cedar borer", "powder worm beetle" and "western red cedar borer". They live in Central America and North America.
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Further reading
- A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico., Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
- American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
- Nelson, Gayle H., George C. Walters Jr., R. Dennis Haines, and Charles L. Bellamy (2008). A Catalog and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America North of Mexico. The Coleopterists' Society, Special Publication, no. 4, iv + 274.
- Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- The world of jewel beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Bellamy C.L.
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