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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 ornatoides
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Black beetle, white spots - Acmaeodera ornatoides
Copyright © 2009 Jim Baines

Black beetle, white spots - Acmaeodera ornatoides
Bell County, Texas, USA
April 14, 2009
A number of these beetles were feeding on yellow Primrose plants, commonly called "Fluttermill", in an open meadow near Belton Lake shore.
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Contributed by Jim Baines on 18 April, 2009 - 1:20pm
Last updated 28 November, 2012 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Acmaeodera.
… Richard L. Westcott, 28 November, 2012 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like Acmaeodera t
Looks a lot like Acmaeodera tubulus, but there are many species in that genus and I'm not sure which ones are in TX.
… Jason Hansen, 20 April, 2009 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Buprestid
This is a species of Acmaeodera, which is a type of buprestid beetle. There are over 160 species in the US, so I can't tell you much more than that.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 18 April, 2009 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
compare image from NC
This looks similar to Acmaeodera ornata, except it lacks the elongated humeral mark. In some ways resembles Acmaeodera ornatoides, but I do not know if that ranges that far east.


Any ideas appreciated.
… Cotinis, 10 April, 2021 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I know I sound like a broken
I know I sound like a broken record since I got this one wrong so long ago but trust me yours is Acmaeodera tubulus, ornatoides does not occur out east. The pronotum on your picture is all wrong for ornatoides or ornata.
… Jason Hansen, 10 April, 2021 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
great, thanks so much!
No need to apologize at all--always grateful for your help.
… Cotinis, 10 April, 2021 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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