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Green Beetle ID Request - Harpalus affinis
Copyright © 2009 Thomas of Baltimore City

Green Beetle ID Request - Harpalus affinis
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
June 6, 2009
Found under a railroad tie.

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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 1 July, 2009 - 7:18am
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 2:07pm

Perhaps
metallic greenish "Harpalus affinis" on first impression. I don't believe these field shots should be archived at BG as there are already better representatives of that species.
… Peter Messer, 1 July, 2009 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
This
is the lone Maryland data-point so I respectfully disagree.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 1 July, 2009 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Lone MD Data point?
Yes, I was surprised to see that "Harplaus affinis" (if that is indeed your image) was not given MD status in the catalogue by Bousquet & Larochelle (1993). So from that standpoint your image is worth saving although it is likley that Bousquet already has recent MD records of H. affinis (widespread in northeast) for his forthcoming revision. Was that also your understanding when you said "lone Maryland data-point" or did you mean the only MD record of H. affinis within just BugGuide's own database?
… Peter Messer, 1 July, 2009 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I
meant within Bugguide but I'm curious to see what Bousquet will have to report on this.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 12 December, 2009 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

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