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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 quadrivittatoides
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Buprestidae - ? - Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides
Copyright © 2011 Kurt Schaefer

Buprestidae - ? - Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides
9 miles north of Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
May 6, 2011
Size: 5 mm
Looks like Acmaeodera cazieri

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Buprestidae - ? - Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides Buprestidae - ? - Acmaeodera quadrivittatoides
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Contributed by Kurt Schaefer on 7 May, 2011 - 7:41pm
Last updated 28 June, 2011 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Richard L. Westcott, 28 June, 2011 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dr. Westcott,
I appreciate the ID.
… Kurt Schaefer, 29 June, 2011 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
nice to see this one brought home!
… v belov, 28 June, 2011 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Identification
Well, first I had to have the actual chitin in front of me, which the photographer kindly provided. My initial guess from the photo was incorrect. There is a lesson here!
… Richard L. Westcott, 28 June, 2011 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
huge lesson
actual chitin makes a world of difference -- esp. in making the Guide a really sound resource
… v belov, 28 June, 2011 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Richard L. Westcott, 17 May, 2011 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

Identification
First, this is not Acmaeodera cazieri. It could be an unusual variant of the highly variable A. neglecta, though I have not seen another like this specimen. Did you collect it? If so, I might be able to make an ID if you send it to me. However, what is needed is a series from this locality. Perhaps it is not too late to find them. Please give it a try.
… Richard L. Westcott, 17 May, 2011 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dr. Westcott,
I appreciate your expertize about this beetle, I collected it from the surface of a stock tank. Sagebrush and Yucca are the "woodish" plants around.
… Kurt Schaefer, 17 May, 2011 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
i may well be mistaken...
...but, based on my past [Old World] experience, those may not particularly care about above-ground woodiness -- many develop in roots, which in drier areas tend to be meaty enough in many herbaceous plants, too --to make comfortable living for the acmaeoderoids
… v belov, 17 May, 2011 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome
hope you gentlemen reach an agreement --and keep nosotros innocent bystanders in the loop...
… v belov, 17 May, 2011 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

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