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Anthaxia quercicola Wellso - Anthaxia quercicola - female
Copyright © 2006 Joshua P. Basham

Anthaxia quercicola Wellso - Anthaxia quercicola - Female
Hillsboro, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA
May 2, 2006
Size: 4.5 mm
Reared from a small, dead branch of Southern Red Oak.
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 30 August, 2006 - 11:09pm
Last updated 26 January, 2016 - 4:28pm

Moved
Moved from Anthaxia.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 1 September, 2006 - 5:53pm

Females of this species resem
Females of this species resembles the specimens of Anthaxia cyanella. A. cyanella has a prothorax of more than one color instead of being uniformally blue like A. quericola. Also A. cyanella has a host of hickory unlike A. quericola which is oak.
… Joshua P. Basham, 30 August, 2006 - 11:14pm

 
Specific epithet?
Most of the references I can find (all online) suggest this should be A. quercicola, which would make sense since it has oak as its host. I almost changed the name myself, but I realize that scientific names don't always make sense- so I will defer to someone with access to better references.
… Chuck Entz, 25 September, 2006 - 1:29am

 
Thanks
I can'y believe I did not catch that. Thank you for seeing my mistake and letting me know. I corrected it.
… Joshua P. Basham, 25 September, 2006 - 9:01am

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