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Which Carabid? - Agonum
Copyright © 2007 Kojun Kanda

Which Carabid? - Agonum
Algodones Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA
July 13, 2007
Size: 7mm
Found this under a piece of composite board thrown out in the dunes... any ideas? Leaning towards some kind of Tre*chinae

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Which Carabid? - Agonum Which Carabid? - Agonum
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Contributed by Kojun Kanda on 16 May, 2008 - 1:34am
Last updated 26 August, 2008 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 26 August, 2008 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Agonum?
Wondering if this might be a species of Agonum, as at least a few are partial to desert habitats.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2008 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

 
looks it but...
looks sort of like Agonum, but this is smaller than the Agonum I've seen. Also can't really see in this photo but there are in fact two supra orbital setae.
… Kojun Kanda, 16 May, 2008 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I favor Agonum by gestalt
but I'm not that familiar with the western carabid fauna. There are several (dark) Agonum species in my area with body length around 7 mm. The name of this distinctively pale species (adaptation to sand habitat vs teneral?) can be found in the best species key for Nearctic Agonum: "Identification of New World Agonum..." by James K. Liebherr (1994) in J. of New York Entomological Society 102(1), key on pages 8-16. Good Luck!
… Peter Messer, 16 May, 2008 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
not Agonum
Its not Agonum. I forgot what it was, but I'm certain its not Agonum.
… Kojun Kanda, 26 August, 2008 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Please try to remember!
If not Agonum I'd be very curious to know genus or at least tribe.
… Peter Messer, 26 August, 2008 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

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