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Buprestidae #007

Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily:Not identified
Genus:Not identified
Species: #007
Photographed specimen:Sex = not sexed. Length = ~15mm.
Remarks: Body black in reality. Colour pattern due to dust-like secretions, which wear off when beetle is touched.
Identified by: Boris Bueche , 2005
Collected by: Not collected. July 2005
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Locality: Campus Universitas Tadulako, Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Subregion: Sulawesi


Ecology and Economy
Ecological notes: Host tree: Lannaea coromandelica (Anacardiaceae). Development in dry branches, adults on foilage also. Common species around Palu.
Habitat: Dry woodland
Agricultural role: No data yet
Management: No data yet

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