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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Brachyina » Taphrocerus » Taphrocerus nicolayi
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small buprestid - Taphrocerus nicolayi
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small buprestid - Taphrocerus nicolayi
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 30, 2007
Size: ~2.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 31 May, 2007 - 7:23pm
Last updated 19 December, 2008 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Taphrocerus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 19 December, 2008 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Sent this specimen to Ted als
Sent this specimen to Ted also and he confirmed it as T. nicolayi.
… Joshua P. Basham, 19 December, 2008 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Good timing
I was just organizing my website in the beetle section today, and these are a couple of bups I didn't have the names on yet.
Thanks Joshua!
… tom murray, 19 December, 2008 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ted! I'm still lear
Thank you Ted! I'm still learning to identify these lil sedge wedges.
… Joshua P. Basham, 22 December, 2008 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Probably Taphrocerus nicolayi...
...but I'd need a good look at the frons/vertex or male genitalia to be certain.
… Ted C. MacRae, 1 June, 2007 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

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