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Languriidae?

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Field Notes

Description:

I think its a buprestid near a dead spider

Habitat:

Tropical Forest

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Diaz José Miguel
apparently it would be Languriidae... http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languriidae http://www.coleopterologe.de/Neue_Dateien/pages/pi/pi_CR.html
MartinL
Nice shot. I'm tending to agree with Buprestidae. The other possibility is the closely related Elateridae.

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PublishedOctober 14, 2013

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