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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Carabini » Carabus » subgenus Carabus (Carabus subgenus Carabus) » Carabus goryi
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Carabus goryi - male
Copyright © 2015 Sean Perez

Carabus goryi - Male
Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
July 13, 2015
Size: 21mm
Keyed out to the subgenus Carabus.

I believe this to be Carabus goryi due to the interrupted elytral intervals being the same width and height as the regular intervals. Close ups of the elytral Stria will be added. I haven't seen C. vicinus aside from photographs, so opinions would be appreciated, thanks!

This specimen was collected by NEON using a pitfall trap containing a 1:1 ratio of water and propylene glycol.

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Contributed by Sean Perez on 6 December, 2015 - 1:33pm
Last updated 9 February, 2016 - 5:02pm

Moved
Moved from Carabus.
… Sean Perez, 9 February, 2016 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

You appear to be correct on subgenus Carabus.
The lack of transverse striations in the non-catenate intervals rule out C. serratus. (1), p.42
… Even Dankowicz, 30 December, 2015 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Carabus serratus vs. subgenus Carabus
I got to see Carabus serratus recently and I was surprised by how "serrated" the humeri were along the border of the elytra. What a fitting name! This is another way I'm able to separate this species from those of the Carabus subgenus (though I did use American Beetles to initially key out the subgenus).

Of the two species found in Tennessee:
Carabus goryi has the interrupted intervals the same width and height as "normal" intervals.
Carabus vinctus has the interrupted intervals wider and higher than "normal" intervals.

To me it seems like the former, let me know what you think.
… Sean Perez, 30 December, 2015 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely goryi
Fo' sho.
… Curt Harden, 8 February, 2016 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Thrasher!
… Sean Perez, 9 February, 2016 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Sean Perez, 10 December, 2015 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

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