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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Chauliognathinae » Chauliognathini » Chauliognathus » Margined Leatherwing (Chauliognathus marginatus)
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Beetle - Chauliognathus marginatus
Copyright © 2006 The Longs

Beetle - Chauliognathus marginatus
The Woodlands, Montgomery County, Texas, USA
July 22, 2006
Although this looks to me like a plant bug, I think it's a beetle because it has more than four antennae segments. Am I correct? That's as far as I get. Can anyone help me ID this beautiful beetle?
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Contributed by The Longs on 26 July, 2006 - 9:59am
Last updated 26 July, 2006 - 3:35pm

It's a soldier beetle
and I believe it's Chauliagnus marginatus, as it has the band on the center of the pronotum that's distinctive (compare below) - unless Texas has a similar one of which I'm not aware. This is one of the handsomest I've seen, and a beautiful shot.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 July, 2006 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Hannah
for the help and info. It does look like the image you thumbnailed. I'll move to the guide for the Texas info.
… The Longs, 26 July, 2006 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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