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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 vogti
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Metallic Wood Boring Beetle - Pachyschelus vogti
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Metallic Wood Boring Beetle - Pachyschelus vogti
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 20, 2005
Pachyschelus laevigatus?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 February, 2006 - 9:10pm
Last updated 30 April, 2010 - 4:13am

Pachyschelus vogti Hespenheide
From the recent revision of the group, I would say P. vogti from NC.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 30 March, 2006 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
I agree Phillip, it could be
I agree Phillip, it could be P. vogti. Good spot. The pronotum looks bluish, P. nicolayi is not blue on the pronotum and P. schwarzi is not that far north. I can add a P. vogti photo of a specimen that I have for comparison.
… Joshua P. Basham, 30 March, 2006 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
sure
good idea
… Phillip Harpootlian, 17 April, 2006 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Pachyschelus
Definitly a Pachyschelus but whether it is P. laevigatus I do not know. There are two black species, P. laevigatus and P. confusus, that look identical. The only way to tell is pulling the genetalia. This specimen looks to be a little blueish in this photo. If so, it could be P. nicolayi. I can't be really sure without seeing the specimen to compare it with the other species.
… Joshua P. Basham, 20 March, 2006 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

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