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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Anthaxiini » Anthaxia » Subgenus Melanthaxia (Anthaxia Subgenus Melanthaxia) » Anthaxia prasina
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Unknown Tiny Buprestid - Anthaxia prasina
Copyright © 2007 Scott Nelson

Unknown Tiny Buprestid - Anthaxia prasina
11 mi. N. of Madras, Jeffereson County, Oregon, USA
June 2, 2003
Size: 5 mm
Could this be an Anthaxia? I am uncertain as to the ID, if you can give a name for the guide, that would be great.

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 28 December, 2007 - 9:52pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 9:06am

Moved
Moved from Anthaxia.
… Joyce Gross, 30 December, 2007 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
...Anthaxia prasina. This species belongs to a difficult group of species (subgenus Melanthaxia) that is currently being revised by Svatopluk Bily (National Museum, Prague). Most of the species are blackish or bronze, but this one is distinctive due to its brilliant green to blue-green dorsal coloration.
… Ted C. MacRae, 29 December, 2007 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice ID
Thanks for the ID. I would never have been able to have the resources to ID this insect without first seeing one on BG and then only a 50-50 guess. Can you create a new page for this new species to BG?
… Scott Nelson, 30 December, 2007 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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