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Species Pterostichus sculptus

Loxandrus?  (kinda large) - Pterostichus sculptus Loxandrus?  (kinda large) - Pterostichus sculptus Loxandrus?  (kinda large) - Pterostichus sculptus Loxandrus?  (kinda large) - Pterostichus sculptus Ground Beetle - Pterostichus sculptus Ground Beetle - Pterostichus sculptus Carabid - Pterostichus sculptus Carabid - Pterostichus sculptus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Pterostichitae
Tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles)
Genus Pterostichus
No Taxon (Subgenus Abacidus)
Species sculptus (Pterostichus sculptus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
striatus Dejean 1828 nec Rossi 1792
Explanation of Names
Pterostichus sculptus LeConte 1853
Size
15-17 mm (1)
Range
e. US (NY-GA to IA-AR)(2)
Season
South Carolina: April-December (1)
Works Cited
1.Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina
Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.