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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Fruit and Flower Chafers (Cetoniinae) » Gymnetini » Gymnetina » Gymnetina borealis
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Unknown Black and White Beetle - Gymnetina borealis
Copyright © 2008 Sally King

Unknown Black and White Beetle - Gymnetina borealis
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
June 22, 2008
Very shiny beetle. Bright blue wings when it flew. In riparian zone.

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Unknown Black and White Beetle - Gymnetina borealis Unknown Black and White Beetle - Gymnetina borealis
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Contributed by Sally King on 12 November, 2008 - 2:54pm
Last updated 31 July, 2011 - 7:29am

Moved
Moved from Gymnetina cretacea.
… v belov, 31 July, 2011 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

Gymnetina borealis Warner & Ratcliffe
recently described
… William B. Warner, 31 July, 2011 - 2:11am login or register to post comments

 
ha! awesome --thanks again, Bill
i was right after all that it's a new sp. for the guide -- this is our only submission of this beetle
… v belov, 31 July, 2011 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

Cetoniini -- don't know them, but...
...others will tell you; i think it's something new to the guide. Thanks!
… v belov, 12 November, 2008 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Scarab beetle.
I'll be curious what others (like Philip Harpootlian) have to say, but I do know it is a flower scarab beetle, maybe in the genus Euphoria?
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 November, 2008 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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