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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Chrysobothrini » Chrysobothris » Chrysobothris octocola
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chuck clark - Chrysobothris octocola
Copyright © 2011 brdwtchr

chuck clark - Chrysobothris octocola
Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
January 29, 2011
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Contributed by brdwtchr on 31 January, 2011 - 8:25pm
Last updated 12 July, 2019 - 7:59am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 1 February, 2011 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Using the information provide
Using the information provided, it looks just like a Chrysobothris affinis. Next question, having found this in South Texas, is it rare for this area?
… brdwtchr, 31 January, 2011 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
14 spp. of Chrysobothris in the RGV per Vogt (1949)
There is no such sp. as Chrysobothris affinis. I don't even find affinis listed as a synonym. (1)

Looks like:

Chrysobothris octocola LeConte
Det. S. G. Wellso

Per Vogt, C. octocola taken at practically all localities (Starr to Cameron Co.), Jan 21-Nov (prob. yr round), undoubtedly the most common bup in the Valley...

Vogt, G.H. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.
… Mike Quinn, 1 February, 2011 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris of sorts
… v belov, 31 January, 2011 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

This appears to be...
some kind of metallic wood-boring beetle (Buprestidae). I've cropped your photo so that non-editors can see it better.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 January, 2011 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

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