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Small buprestid - Taphrocerus schaefferi
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Small buprestid - Taphrocerus schaefferi
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
May 7, 2007
Size: 3.5 mm
Taphrocerus. Maybe T. schaefferi?
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 28 December, 2007 - 5:45pm
Last updated 10 June, 2011 - 4:24pm

Moved
Thanks Ted.
… Brad Barnd, 29 December, 2007 - 12:27am

Yes...
...Taphrocerus schaefferi looks good. Sometimes rubbed specimens of species with pubescent fasciae can look like this species, but I see no evidence of such in this specimen.
… Ted C. MacRae, 28 December, 2007 - 7:28pm

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