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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Omophroninae » Omophronini » Round Sand Beetles (Omophron) » Oval Round Sand Beetle (Omophron ovale)
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round sand beetle - Omophron ovale - male
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

round sand beetle - Omophron ovale - Male
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 18, 2011

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 18 May, 2011 - 10:28pm

"Omophtom ovale" is correct gender match.
Other than geographic location, how did you distinguish this one morphologically from very similar "Omophron americanum"? Did you use the key by Benschoter & Cook (1956)?
… Peter W. Messer, 19 May, 2011 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Geographic location
is all I used. The last time I posted one I was told the other didn't make it this far west.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 May, 2011 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
I butchered "Omophron" above.
Are you able to delete "ovalis" and change it to correct "ovale"? Your statement about "known" geographic range is true. "O. americanum" is known to reach your adjacent areas Idaho and Alberta and so I was concerned about species verification.
… Peter W. Messer, 19 May, 2011 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Sure...
will do that
… Tim Loh, 20 May, 2011 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I am able, but
I don't think I should do it. I've been out of the loop on the beetle pages for quite some time now. The page was created by Tim Loh. I don't have any way of knowing which name is correct.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 May, 2011 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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