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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Chrysochroinae » Chrysochroini » Texania » Hardwood Heartwood Buprestid (Texania campestris)
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Metalic Wood-boring Beetle - Texania campestris
Copyright © 2013 James Shelton

Metalic Wood-boring Beetle - Texania campestris
Chub Sand Hill Nature Preserve, Sussex County, Virginia, USA
April 27, 2013
Size: ~35mm

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Contributed by James Shelton on 27 April, 2013 - 5:46pm
Last updated 9 May, 2013 - 10:40am

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… Richard L. Westcott, 1 May, 2013 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Kyle you are probably correct
Kyle you are probably correct on the ID. Unfortunately this series of shots brings up an old discussion from an earlier series of Texania seen here
We can not clearly see the elytral apices to determine if it is the common T. campestris or the much rarer T. langeri. I think it is best that we move it to the genus page.
… Joshua P. Basham, 30 April, 2013 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Identification
Yes, Josh, we cannot see that character at all; however, it is not the only distiguishing character. To quote from Knull, 1956, Ent. News 67(2), under T. langeri, "The species lacks the median broad sulcus of both [of the other species]." In this image we can clearly see the sulcus.
… Richard L. Westcott, 1 May, 2013 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I wouldn't argue with that at
I wouldn't argue with that at all. I am usually hesitant to ID to species level from images but I have only ever seen one specimen of T. langeri in all the samples I've done, so kind of assumed. But I agree, the important character is not visible and leaving at genus level sounds good.
… Kyle Schnepp, 30 April, 2013 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Texania campestris
I suggest Texania campestris.
… Kyle Schnepp, 27 April, 2013 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
I did see Beech Trees there.
… James Shelton, 27 April, 2013 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

diff. superfamily
Moved from Click Beetles.
… v belov, 27 April, 2013 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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