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Madera Canyon Buprestid - Chrysobothris bispinosa - female

Madera Canyon Buprestid - Chrysobothris bispinosa - Female
Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 14, 2006
Size: 16 mm

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Madera Canyon Buprestid - Chrysobothris bispinosa - female Madera Canyon Buprestid - Chrysobothris bispinosa - female

Moved
Moved from Chrysobothris.

Chrysobothris species
Definitly a Chrysobothris and a female at that. In the middle of the last abdominal segment you can see a ridge and at the apex is a small "V" notch. These are characters of female Chrysobothris, I'm not sure though if it is true for all species of the genus. Males do not have the ridge and the notch is more rounded like a "U" shape. Great find Richard.

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