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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Hypherpes (Pterostichus Subgenus Hypherpes) » adoxus group (Pterostichus adoxus group) » Pterostichus tristis

Species Pterostichus tristis

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Pterostichus tristis Ground Beetle - Pterostichus tristis ground beetle - Pterostichus tristis Carabid - Pterostichus tristis Woodland Ground Beetle - Pterostichus tristis Carabidae - Pterostichus tristis Pterostichus tristis - female Pterostichus tristis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Pterostichitae
Tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)
Genus Pterostichus
No Taxon (Subgenus Hypherpes)
No Taxon (adoxus group)
Species tristis (Pterostichus tristis)
Identification
Helpful clues are: no setigerous punctures on dorsal elytra AND hind angle of pronotum sharp (vs duller in closely related P. adoxus).
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 22 December, 2007 - 8:17pm
Additional contributions by tom murray
Last updated 26 May, 2008 - 12:55am

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