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dapper soldier beetle - Rhagonycha excavata
Copyright © 2008 Jim McClarin

dapper soldier beetle - Rhagonycha excavata
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 28, 2008
Size: about 8.3 mm
Terrible whole-body shot but at least it provides size determination. Taken by sweep net on gray, misty day.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 June, 2008 - 6:50am
Last updated 14 October, 2008 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Soldier Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 14 October, 2008 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

must be Rhagonycha excavata
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… v belov, 14 October, 2008 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Might be,
but I find neither the genus nor the species name on Don Chandler's checklist for New Hampshire.
… Jim McClarin, 14 October, 2008 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
the HN list...
...plays old school with soldiers and has all Rhagonyha spp. under Cantharis
… v belov, 14 October, 2008 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

 
OK,
I thought there might be some synonymism in play. If you're correct, this should be another state record, and I should still have the specimen :-)
… Jim McClarin, 14 October, 2008 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
synonymism is a possibility of course
it's hard to imagine a NH state record in this fam., i'll try to check but Don may be able to tell offhand where in the list it belongs
… v belov, 14 October, 2008 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

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