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Eastern Poplar Buprestid (Poecilonota cyanipes)
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Copyright © 2010
Richard Migneault
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle -
Poecilonota cyanipes
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
August 1, 2010
It look like Metallic Dicerca tenebrica, but I would like someone to confirm
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Contributed by
Richard Migneault
on 2 December, 2010 - 8:37am
Last updated 2 December, 2010 - 1:15pm
Poecilonota cyanipes (Say)
Correct, this is
Poecilonota cyanipes
(Say).
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Christopher Majka
, 31 January, 2013 - 2:58pm
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Moved
Moved from
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Blaine Mathison
, 2 December, 2010 - 12:40pm
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could be
but I am still unclear the difference between Dicerca and Poecilonota, as the reddish tails make me think Poecilonota cyanipes....but I could be way wrong....Can anyone point out the smoking gun for those two genera?
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Guy A. Hanley
, 2 December, 2010 - 9:17am
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Poecilonota vs Dicerca
The difference (evident in this photograph) is that
Poecilonota
has a transverse scutellum, much wider than long, whereas
Dicerca
has an almost round scutellum.
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Christopher Majka
, 31 January, 2013 - 3:00pm
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Poecilonota has a single poli
Poecilonota has a single polished ridge running down the middle of the pronotum, while Dicerca has two ridges on either side of the midline. This looks like Poecilonota to me.
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Dennis Haines
, 2 December, 2010 - 10:25am
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Agreed
The scutellum is unique as well
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 2 December, 2010 - 10:32am
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That small light green spot a
That small light green spot at the base of elytra look as the one following image
http://bugguide.net/node/view/89724/bgimage
would it be californica sp?
but the red at the apex of elytra is more like cyanipes..
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Richard Migneault
, 2 December, 2010 - 12:15pm
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My vote
is now cyanipes....
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Guy A. Hanley
, 2 December, 2010 - 12:18pm
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thank a lot!
thank a lot!
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Richard Migneault
, 2 December, 2010 - 1:19pm
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