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Strongylium championi
A metallic green and red beetle found on leaves, about 1 cm long. Family Tenebrionidae, Subfamily Stenochiinae. This species can be black with red, metallic blue with red, or metallic green with red as is this specimen. The larvae feed inside decaying wood and adults are often found on leaves during the day.
Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.
http://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/475497-St... http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc... http://www.coleoptera- neotropical.org/paginas/2_PAISES/Nicaragua/tenebr-nic.html http://www.naturalista.mx/observations?v... http://bugguide.net/node/view/341731/bgp...
Thank you stho002, what do you think of the genus Arthromacra?
Thank you so much Sergio :)
Hi, Lauren, this site (http://www.insetologia.com.br/2013/05/be...) of Brazil used its moth (http://www.projectnoah.org / spottings/15375244) as a reference for insects that mimic beetles toxic licídeos. I was looking for information about a bug I found, I knew nothing about lycidae. I have learned many things with their spottings, thanks.
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