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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Dicercini » Hippomelanina » Hippomelas » Hippomelas planicauda
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large Buprestid - Hippomelas planicauda
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

large Buprestid - Hippomelas planicauda
Saddle Mtn. near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 8, 2009
Size: 23mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 14 August, 2009 - 9:44am
Last updated 22 December, 2011 - 9:51am

Moved
Moved from Hippomelas sphenicus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 22 December, 2011 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Hippomelas planicauda...
...based on examination of specimen.
… Ted C. MacRae, 22 December, 2011 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
See I told you I wasn't :) Th
See I told you I wasn't :) Thank you Ted for all your recent posts confirming buprestid IDs!
… Joshua P. Basham, 22 December, 2011 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

I'm not real knowledgeable wi
I'm not real knowledgeable with this group but I think it's H. sphenicus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 14 August, 2009 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Joshua P. Basham, 14 August, 2009 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

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