Documenting Buprestidae diversity of New York before establishment of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, as detected by the philanthine digger wasp, Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

With the recent discovery of EAB in New York, a baseline of buprestids is necessary to measure effects of the potential disturbance to native species that may be caused by non-target effects of Asian parasitoids introduced to control EAB. Cerceris fumipennis, a crabronid wasp that exclusively hunts and captures beetles of the Buprestidae family, was used to create a biodiversity and distribution map of these wood-boring beetles in the state of New York. This baseline will be valuable as a comparative reference for documenting future changes in the buprestid communities of New York from introduced parasitoids or other perturbations.