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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 Buprestis (Buprestis subgenus Buprestis) » Buprestis lyrata
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Oregon Coast Buprestid(?) - Buprestis lyrata
Copyright © 2009 Terry Morse

Oregon Coast Buprestid(?) - Buprestis lyrata
Newport, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 22 mm
Next-to-last abdominal sternite is red. Others are colored same as elytra.

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Contributed by Terry Morse on 8 August, 2009 - 11:23pm
Last updated 9 August, 2009 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 9 August, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Buprestis lyrata looks like a reasonably good match...
...but i'm no expert
… v belov, 9 August, 2009 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. I've added the ve
Thank you. I've added the ventral photo to show the similarity to the image you linked to. In my specimen, the red markings on the more anterior abdominal segments are tiny, faint dots. They don't show up in the photo

Terry
… Terry Morse, 9 August, 2009 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

 
thanx for posting add'l pix!
not that i've ever studied the issue, but i know from experience that the amount of red/yellow in this genus tends to vary widely in many member species
… v belov, 9 August, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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