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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male

Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - Male
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 26, 2013
Size: 10.5 mm head-abdomen
Found under a rock. I believe this is Chlaenius.

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Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle - Chlaenius tricolor - male

Moved tentatively

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Genus is correct
not familiar enough with the species though...

 
Chlaenius sericeus sericeus
http://www.insectsofalberta.com/chlaenius-sericeus.htm

 
Doubt it
This is a tough genera, carabids are in general, but this image does not fit with the common C. sericeus identification given, especially with the bluish elytra....Pronotum is different too...

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