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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 opacula
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Acmaeodera sp? - Acmaeodera opacula
Copyright © 2016 David Reagan

Acmaeodera sp? - Acmaeodera opacula
Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA
October 8, 2016
Size: .50 cm
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Contributed by David Reagan on 12 December, 2016 - 4:40pm
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 7:59pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera disjuncta.
… Joel DuBois, 10 November, 2023 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 December, 2016 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

Acmaeodera disjuncta Fall 1899
Only two specimens of Acm. paradisjuncta are correctly identified on BugGuide, one by Stan Wellso and one by Rick Westcott.
… Bruce Tilden, 13 December, 2016 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review to Acmaeodera
(Bob may be right!)

Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 December, 2016 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
Nice shot! This looks like Acmaeodera paradisjuncta, but please wait for an expert. (south-central range)
… Bob Biagi, 12 December, 2016 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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