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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 » images that experts were unable to identify to species (Chrysobothris images that experts were unable to identify to species)
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Mating buprestids - Chrysobothris - male - female
Copyright © 2013 Sam McNally

Mating buprestids - Chrysobothris - Male Female
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, Alpine County, California, USA
July 22, 2013
A more dorsally-oriented view. Chalcophora?

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Contributed by Sam McNally on 17 August, 2013 - 3:32pm
Last updated 20 September, 2013 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from Chrysobothris.
… v belov, 20 September, 2013 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Need specimen
I need to see an actual specimen in order to make a positive identification. Did you happen to collect one or both of these? Since you wondered if this was a Chalcophora--no Calif. species of Chrysobothris remotely approaches in size even the smallest Chalc. angulicollis--I would guess your image repesents Chryso. monticola. However, superficially that species looks much like Chryso. leechi, with which it is broadly sympatric, although the latter averages smaller in size, ranging from 9.5-13mm, while C. monticola ranges from 11-17mm.
… Richard L. Westcott, 23 August, 2013 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
no specimens
I didn't collect any of these individuals, but I did note they looked relatively large and conspicuous. Thank you for the notes on Chalcophora/Chrysobothris sizes.
… Sam McNally, 30 August, 2013 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Metallic Wood-boring Beetles.
… v belov, 17 August, 2013 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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