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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 purpureus
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Unknown - Pachyschelus purpureus
Copyright © 2012 Jonas Insinga

Unknown - Pachyschelus purpureus
West Foss Farm, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
September 27, 2011
Size: 5 mm?
Sorry for the poor quality. This was taking through an OLYMPUS SZX10 microscope and the pictures wound up with an annoying blur (the camera stand is slightly loose).
I think this might be a chrysomelid of some flavor.
The white markings on the elytra are reflective setae.

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Unknown - Pachyschelus purpureus Unknown - Pachyschelus purpureus
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 3 February, 2012 - 7:42pm
Last updated 7 April, 2012 - 6:22pm

Moved
Moved from Pachyschelus.
… Jonas Insinga, 7 April, 2012 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Did an expert
give you a species-level ID for this one?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 April, 2012 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 February, 2012 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Guessing Pachyschelus


Wait for expert confirmation, though.

EDIT: Crap! A minute late. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 February, 2012 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
While similar, the specimen I
While similar, the specimen I caught was solid black, at least with the naked eye the setal patches. Still, the reflection of the light does make it seem slightly blue, though maybe not as much a P. purpureus. :))
… Jonas Insinga, 5 February, 2012 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Buprestidae
Pachyschelus sp. perhaps?
… Brad Barnd, 3 February, 2012 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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