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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Chalcophora » Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis)
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sculptured pine borer - Chalcophora virginiensis
Copyright © 2009 Andrew Reding

sculptured pine borer - Chalcophora virginiensis
Baxter Mountain, Keene, Essex County, New York, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: large
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Contributed by Andrew Reding on 28 July, 2009 - 6:53pm
Last updated 31 July, 2009 - 12:25pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcophora.
… Andrew Reding, 31 July, 2009 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Reding, 31 July, 2009 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

I don't think a species label
I don't think a species label can be put on this. It could also be C. liberta or C. fortis, and the distinguishing marks aren't visible.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 28 July, 2009 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
why I think this is C. virginiensis
It lacks the coppery tinge in the punctured areas of the elytra and pronotum typical of C. liberta (http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/chalcophora1.htm) and C. fortis (http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&-Lay=web&-Format=images.htm&Species_ID=2649&-Find.

It has the deep frontal furrow of C. virginiensis (http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/chalcophora1.htm), and it is black with a whitish tinge in the punctured areas of the elytra and pronotum.
… Andrew Reding, 31 July, 2009 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
good to know---
but, for what it's worth, fortis in the guide looks quite different from above, and is apparently uncommon. Why the largest beetles are also the toughest to ID?
… v belov, 28 July, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Chalcophora [?virginiensis]
wait for a 2nd op on species
… v belov, 28 July, 2009 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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