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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Metallic Wood-boring and False Jewel Beetles (Buprestoidea) » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Buprestini » Buprestis » subgenus Cypriacis (Buprestis subgenus Cypriacis) » Golden Buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta)
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Golden Buprestid (Cypriacis aurulenta, Buprestidae) - Buprestis aurulenta
Copyright © 2011 jmorlan

Golden Buprestid (Cypriacis aurulenta, Buprestidae) - Buprestis aurulenta
Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA
May 8, 2011
Size: About one inch.
Feeding on Poison Oak along Mitchell Canyon Fire Road in Mount Diablo State Park
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Contributed by jmorlan on 9 May, 2011 - 3:37pm
Last updated 15 May, 2011 - 5:24pm

ID and feeding habit
I moved these from "Frass" unwittingly, and now cannot get just the second one back there. I wanted to call attention to confirm that this is in the genus Buprestis, not Cypriacis (which is a subgenus) and that it is not feeding on the poison oak, just basking there!
… Richard L. Westcott, 15 May, 2011 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Richard L. Westcott, 15 May, 2011 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

yes, Buprestis (Cypriacis) aurulenta
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 May, 2011 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Buprestid
Probably Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta.
… Rose L, 9 May, 2011 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Buprestis
Thank you very much. That sure looks like it. My book (Field Guide to Beetles of California, by Evans and Hogue) says they are now in the genus Cypriacis. Is that correct?
… jmorlan, 9 May, 2011 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
up for taxonomic debate...
Bugguide treats Cypriacis as a subgenus of Buprestis, others consider it a separate genus. For now, either name is acceptable.
… Rose L, 10 May, 2011 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

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