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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Actenodini » Actenodes
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coleoptera - Actenodes
Copyright © 2016 Jonathan Carpenter

coleoptera - Actenodes
two rivers magnet school, hartford County, Connecticut, USA
June 4, 2016
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Contributed by Jonathan Carpenter on 7 June, 2016 - 4:22pm
Last updated 20 July, 2016 - 9:41am

Moved
Moved from Actenodes acornis.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 July, 2016 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Moved, Actenodes acornis
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 20 June, 2016 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

This is
Actenodes acornis, A. simi is similar but doesn't occur in Connecticut
… Pleocoma, 9 June, 2016 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Identification
Even though it has not been recorded, most certainly A. simi occurs in CT, as it has been recorded from MA, NH, etc. Much of the time, distribution is simply not a valid "character" to distinguish species. The distinguishing character in this case is the nature of the antennae. Most of the time, and it is true here, images do not clearly suffice to distinguish A. simi from A. acornis.
… Richard L. Westcott, 22 June, 2016 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review to Buprestidae
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 June, 2016 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Jewel beetle, Family Buprestidae
Anthaxia?
… James Bailey, 7 June, 2016 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
how about Phaenops?
… Blaine Mathison, 7 June, 2016 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Melanophila acuminata?
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… Jonathan Carpenter, 7 June, 2016 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

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