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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Cypriacis (Buprestis subgenus Cypriacis) » Buprestis sulcicollis
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Buprestis sp. - Buprestis sulcicollis
Copyright © 2009 Eric R. Eaton

Buprestis sp. - Buprestis sulcicollis
Orange Rd. off State Rte. 122 S. of jct. with U.S. 202, Gate 30 for the Quabbin Reservoir, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2009
I am thinking this is Buprestis striata, but looking to those more knowledgeable for an affirmative. Found in a forest clearing, then brought home, chilled, and imaged further.

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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 July, 2009 - 9:35pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 2:46pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 August, 2009 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2009 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

Based on this picture I would
Based on this picture I wouldn't rule out Buprestis sulcicollis (LeC., 1859), though it seems a little south of the expected distribution. The two are separated by the front angle of the pronotum visible from above (sulcicollis) or not (striata). The costae are also more shining on sulcicollis. Also if you check the pictures of striata you will clearly see a short costae on either side of the scutellum. It is very indistinct or absent in sulcicollis.
… Dennis Haines, 9 July, 2009 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
While there are no records fo
While there are no records for Massachusetts, it is well within the expected range for Buprestis sulcicollis. New Jersey looks to be about as far south as the species goes.
… Dennis Haines, 10 July, 2009 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Dennis
Thanks for the detailed appraisal. Should I move it to that species page? Actually, I unfortunately still have the specimen. It died before I was able to release it:-(
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 July, 2009 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

 
The more I looked at the pict
The more I looked at the pictures and reviewed the material the more convinced I am that it is B. sulcicollis. The fact that you still have the specimen is excellent. It is afterall a new state record according to the Catalog of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico.
… Dennis Haines, 15 July, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
ID for Buprestis from MA
Clearly this is Buprestis sulcicollis (LeConte).
… Richard L. Westcott, 31 July, 2009 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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