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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 Haplanthaxia (Anthaxia Subgenus Haplanthaxia) » Anthaxia quercata
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Anthaxia quercata (Fabricius) - Anthaxia quercata - male
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Anthaxia quercata (Fabricius) - Anthaxia quercata - Male
Bastrop State Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
April 6, 2008
Size: ~3 mm
Det. T. C. MacRae, 2008

spmn in the TAMUIC
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 6 April, 2008 - 8:10pm
Last updated 2 July, 2022 - 5:52pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Haplanthaxia.
… Joshua P. Basham, 5 September, 2009 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthaxia quercata.
… Joshua P. Basham, 5 September, 2009 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for the
ID, everyone. It was much prettier in person than in my photo.
… Graham Montgomery, 8 April, 2008 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 8 April, 2008 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Anthaxia sp. (Buprestinae)
Strikingly similar to the male of A. hungarica, a common Southern European species.
… Richard Vernier, 6 April, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Anthaxia quercata...
...A. hungarica does not occur in Texas!
… Ted C. MacRae, 7 April, 2008 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Ted. A male Anth
I agree with Ted. A male Anthaxia quercata.
… Joshua P. Basham, 8 April, 2008 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

 
:-)
In fairness, Richard did say only that it was "strikingly similar:-)" Plus, given the propensity for foreign buprestids to infiltrate our U.S. borders...just give that other species time. Luckily, we'll be able to recognize it by its accent....Sorry. Have a great day.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 April, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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