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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Scaritinae » Scaritini » Scarites » Big-headed Ground Beetle (Scarites subterraneus)
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Beetle In The Brush - Scarites subterraneus
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Beetle In The Brush - Scarites subterraneus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
July 23, 2007
Size: 3/4"
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 30 July, 2007 - 10:42pm
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 6:58pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Scarites. Seems to be more likely S. subterraneus, but still not conclusive.
… Brad Barnd, 25 May, 2011 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

Scarites in OK
Nearctic Scarites is badly in need of revision with key to species. Catalogue by Bousquet & Larochelle (1993) cites seven species in North America and three species in OK: S. lissopterus, S. quadriceps, S. subterraneus. Ways to reliably distinguish these three are most welcome!
… Peter W. Messer, 31 July, 2007 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Pedunculate Ground Beetle
Genus Scarites (Carabidae), one of the three US-species.
… Francesco Vitali, 31 July, 2007 - 3:41am login or register to post comments

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