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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Tracheini » Pachyschelus » Pachyschelus purpureus
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Pachyschelus purpureus? - Pachyschelus purpureus
Copyright © 2010 Tom Bentley

Pachyschelus purpureus? - Pachyschelus purpureus
Glenview Woods - Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Cook County, Illinois, USA
May 6, 2010
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 10 May, 2010 - 9:42pm
Last updated 11 May, 2010 - 9:22am

Moved
Moved from Pachyschelus.
… Tom Bentley, 11 May, 2010 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

You are correct,
this is Pachyschelus purpureus. It is the only eastern species with patches of setae. The head and pronotum also look black with the elytra blue; all characters which purpureus also has.
… Kyle Schnepp, 11 May, 2010 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Kyle!
I appreciate the confirmation. Your projects look like some interesting ones. Good lcuk with your keys!
… Tom Bentley, 11 May, 2010 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 May, 2010 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

For what it's worth...
Pachyschelus looks good to me. Don't know enough to confidently confirm the species (although purpureus does look to be a very close match). Blaine or =v= will know. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 May, 2010 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken...
pass the buck on a challenging one :) I am not too familiar with the genus; they seem to have the same overall color and many seem to overlap in distribution (looking at BG records). Looking at BG, purpureus seems to be the only one with white markings, though. Not sure how to confirm without specimen in-hand. LWe have some buprestid specialists who might be able to help. I'll move to genus for now so they may see it sooner.
… Blaine Mathison, 10 May, 2010 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
You call it passing the buck...
I call it knowing my limitations. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 May, 2010 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
You've been doing a great job with the beetles, Ken,
Keep up the good work!
… Blaine Mathison, 10 May, 2010 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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