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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Polycestinae » Acmaeoderini » Acmaeoderina » Acmaeodera » Acmaeodera decipiens
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Acmaeodera sp - Acmaeodera decipiens
Copyright © 2007 Bob Beatson

Acmaeodera sp - Acmaeodera decipiens
Kitt Peak, Baboquivari Mts., Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 18, 2007
Looked through Acmaeodera species and the only one it looks like is sphaeralceae, but slightly different. Whether different enough to be a different species, I don't know. Hopefully, a Buprestid expert will weigh in.
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 18 September, 2007 - 11:33pm
Last updated 12 October, 2008 - 11:20pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Ron M., 12 October, 2008 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

I think this is...
...Acmaeodera mixta.
… Ted C. MacRae, 16 January, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Ted
… Bob Beatson, 16 January, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
I changed my mind...
...after looking at this again, I now believe it is Acmaeodera decipiens. Compare to the type. A. pulchella is less flattened.
… Ted C. MacRae, 25 January, 2008 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I would agree, Acmaeodera dec
I would agree, Acmaeodera decipiens.
… Dennis Haines, 15 September, 2008 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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