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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae
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Ground Beetle
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Luk

Ground Beetle
University of Guelph, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
April 2, 2009
Size: 9.5 mm
Running on sun-warmed cobblestones. Harpalus species, maybe even H. herbivagus?
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 10 April, 2009 - 1:39pm
Last updated 17 November, 2009 - 10:50pm

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 17 November, 2009 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Despite your reasonably good image
I'm disappointed that I just can't decide among the three major choices of Harpalini, Pterostichini, or Zabrini, i.e., Amara - subgenus Curtonotus. For me this is another case where an expected easy examination of specimen would rescue this image. Perhaps someone can point us in the right direction.
… Peter Messer, 12 April, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Uh-oh.
Sorry, Peter, I have already mounted this one, so there's no fresh specimen. I'll try this summer to catch another one from the same location.
… Stephen Luk, 12 April, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I accept "mounted" specimen
as well in case you are willing to donate specimen in return for accurate species identification. I will need to revise my profile recommendations on this matter. Easiest is to first rehydrate pinned specimen (in hot water), then lightly wrap in alcohol-dampened paper toweling placed inside small mailing container. Thanks.
… Peter Messer, 13 April, 2009 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
Okay.
In that case I'll wrap it up and mail it out in a few days.
… Stephen Luk, 13 April, 2009 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

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