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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Platynini » Agonum » Agonum aeruginosum
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little black carabid - Agonum aeruginosum
Copyright © 2008 Tim R. Moyer

little black carabid - Agonum aeruginosum
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 1, 2008
Size: ~6.5mm
something in Platynini perhaps?

came to UV light

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little black carabid - Agonum aeruginosum little black carabid - Agonum aeruginosum
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Contributed by Tim R. Moyer on 27 December, 2008 - 11:19pm
Last updated 28 December, 2008 - 2:20pm

Moved - Thanks Peter,
Moved from Ground Beetles.

I completely missed the dent, or it might have triggered my fuzzy memory.
… Tim R. Moyer, 28 December, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Agonum aeruginosum
is almost certainly correct based on a metallic Agonum with a small circular pronotum with minimal laterobasal impressions (pits), uniformly dark antennae, and a characteristic broad dent in middle of each elytron - nicely shown here.
… Peter Messer, 28 December, 2008 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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