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Buprestid Beetle

Acmaeodera sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small black and yellow beetle of the Metallic Wood Boring Family Buprestidae. This one was not metallic and only about 5 mm long.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

Notes:

Compare this one to a very similar-patterned species from the same place
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/61296082/fullscreen.

Species ID Suggestions

Flower Bup

Acmaeodera sp.

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Comments (2)
LaurenZarate
Hi bayucca, your suggestion for genus looks very good. Amazing amount of variety in color pattern for this group. Thank you so much.
bayucca
Looks like Polycestinae, Acmaeoderini, Acmaeodera sp.?? http://www.entomology.umn.edu/museum/links/coursefiles/JPEG%20images/Coleoptera%20web%20jpeg/Polyphaga/Buprestoidea/Acmaeodera.jpg http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Acmaeodera%20pulchella http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Acmaeodera%20scalaris I did not find a better match. They are variable, but I think not so much to be the same as the ones from the link. Must be a different species. In my eyes the subfamily and tribe should be correct. What do you think?? I am really not sure!

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PublishedOctober 28, 2013

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