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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Cymindis » Subgenus Pinacodera (Cymindis Subgenus Pinacodera) » limbata group (Cymindis limbata group) » Cymindis platicollis » Cymindis platicollis platicollis
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Agonum sp.? - Cymindis platicollis
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Agonum sp.? - Cymindis platicollis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 4, 2008
Size: 10mm

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Agonum sp.? - Cymindis platicollis Agonum sp.? - Cymindis platicollis
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Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2008 - 2:12pm
Last updated 24 October, 2019 - 9:17am

Moved
Moved from Cymindis platicollis.
… Curt Harden, 24 October, 2019 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

Cymindis platicollis
Peter, thanks for the identification. It's a new one for the guide.
… tom murray, 21 May, 2008 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Lebiini - Cymindis platicollis
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen. This case revealed to me, regretably, on how easy an Agonum-like image can mislead a carabid 'expert' who was already familiar in recognizing this very different genus-species under scope. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 20 May, 2008 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Peter, should I save this one for you, or in the future just stay away from these plain colored Agonums?
… tom murray, 4 May, 2008 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Please do not avoid plain colored Agonum,
as there are many interesting species in your area. You will begin to recognize important distinguishing features. For example, this has a pronotum with suggested hind angles, uniformly pale legs, brownish elytra but possibly a darker forebody. After you are familiar with the more common (confirmed) species of Agonom AND they are well represented in BugGuide, then you may wish to stop submitting more images of the same. Thanks for saving this one too!
… Peter W. Messer, 4 May, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Agonum
images that lack distinct color patterns like this one usually require scoping for secure species identification.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 May, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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