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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 analis
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Bright green beetle with injured wing or wing cover - Chrysobothris analis
Copyright © 2011 Victor Engel

Bright green beetle with injured wing or wing cover - Chrysobothris analis
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2011
Size: < 1 cm in length
This beetle moved around just like a housefly, walking around in small jerks. It had an injured wing or wing cover, which it kept trying to fold up properly. I have about a dozen more pictures, if needed.

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Contributed by Victor Engel on 19 April, 2011 - 2:29pm
Last updated 22 April, 2011 - 4:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 April, 2011 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

Apology for all the pictures
I don't know what's important for beetle identification, so I figured better too many than too few. Ones that don't help can be frassed.

Another one I was looking at was C. purpureovittata, although I don't see any evidence for the lines.
… Victor Engel, 19 April, 2011 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
you did the right thing
good pix, too; i'll let our bup guys decide what is to be kept in the guide and what's redundant, but you definitely did your part to help identification
… v belov, 20 April, 2011 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

Chrysobothris sp.
I'm guessing Chrysobothris sexsignata.
… Ted C. MacRae, 19 April, 2011 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Ch. analis?
… v belov, 19 April, 2011 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes...
...in the the additional photos it does look like C. analis.
… Ted C. MacRae, 19 April, 2011 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

 
No Spots
There is no evidence of six spots. Plus I thought I read somewhere that sexsignata lived in pine forests (I could be wrong about that), which don't exist nearby.
… Victor Engel, 19 April, 2011 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

Cylindrical pronotum
One thing that is distinctive about this beetle is the nearly cylindrical looking pronotum. Could this be a chrysobothris?
… Victor Engel, 19 April, 2011 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysobothris would be my guess, too
… v belov, 19 April, 2011 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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