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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 convicta
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Metallic Wood-boring Beetle #1 - Acmaeodera convicta
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle #1 - Acmaeodera convicta
San Pedro Riverbed, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
September 15, 2012
Another metallic wood-boring beetle (I'm finding most of them thanks to the great pages here on BG). This one appears similar to Acmaeodera alicia, but anterior yellow bar is different, also similar to Acmaeodera tuta. Any ideas? Thanks for all of your help.
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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 1 December, 2012 - 4:07pm
Last updated 6 December, 2012 - 3:56pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Richard L. Westcott, 6 December, 2012 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

not alicia...
does look like tuta in the guide but I am not familiar with that species.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 December, 2012 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
Acmaeodera alicia vs. A. tuta
My first thought was as yours, possibly A. tuta; however, as soon as I saw the locality and date that thought evaporated. That this specimen gives that impression is due to the angle at which the image was shot. This phenomenon causes not an insignificant amount of difficulty with identification.
… Richard L. Westcott, 6 December, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
whatever the case may be, this is one cool bup
… v belov, 2 December, 2012 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 1 December, 2012 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

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