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I received some beetles from some malaise traps that were set in Finland. Here is an Agrilus, unfortunately it's a female and I couldn't prepare it better because it was killed in alcohol ....the lenght is almost 7 mm. Any ideas?

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

Some new pictures....maybe maybe

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

Agrilus betuleti, in my opinion.

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

Thank you Maurizio !

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

I think it's better to wait for other opinions.

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Maurizio Gigli
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http://bup.xoom.it/

Of course, I know the pictures are poor, but I hope I will be able to provide some better ones soon

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alexandrupintilioaie(AT)gmail.com

I don't think so. A. betuleti is only 4.0-6.5 mm long, and also its habitus is different:

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

Not so different!

Really, I can't be sure, because I don't know well this species (it doesn't live here), but I don't see so many differences between this specimen and A. betuleti.

P.S. - When you send pictures taken somewhere on the Web, put a link to the original page!

This is from Coleoptera Poloniae (original image is here)

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Maurizio Gigli
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http://bup.xoom.it/

OK, we can wait for Gianfranco Curletti.
And yes - the photo inserted is from http://www.colpolon.biol.uni.wroc.pl/ag ... tuleti.htm

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

Gianfranco is in South America, now. But there are at least other 4-5 Buprestidologists on the Forum. Or we must wait Gianfranco is back.

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

A. betuleti is known also from Finland (see e.g. Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 3), so it's possible that this is it - but length and morphological characteristics of Alexandru's specimen does not seem to me somehow...

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

What about A. pratensis?

Credo possa trattarsi di pseudocyaneus.

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Francesco Izzillo

Non so neanche se ci arriva, in Finlandia.

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

Va sempre a passare le ferie in Finlandia, documentati!

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Francesco Izzillo