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ground beetle - Platynus decentis
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

ground beetle - Platynus decentis
Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
September 18, 2007
Size: ~13mm
Found under loose bark on a standing beech tree.
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 September, 2007 - 9:26pm
Last updated 27 September, 2007 - 7:48pm

Thanks Peter
I didn't measure this one, so the size I put down is just a rough estimate.
… tom murray, 20 September, 2007 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

Platynini : Platynus
Larger body size and suggestion of constriction behind head (vertex) favors genus Platynus over Agonum. If so, dark appengages and pronotum with sinuate margin before sharp hind angles reminds me of P. decentis in my WI collection of which largest specimen is 12mm.
… Peter Messer, 19 September, 2007 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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