ground beetle - Platynus daviesi

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Platynini » Platynus » subgenus Platynus (Platynus subgenus Platynus) » Platynus daviesi

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Copyright © 2014 Bill Keim

ground beetle - Platynus daviesi

Conowingo Dam, Harford County, Maryland, USA
April 19, 2014
Size: 11.1 mm head-elytra

Found under leaf litter on a rocky outcropping in woods along the river.

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Contributed by Bill Keim on 23 April, 2014 - 6:41am
Last updated 6 March, 2015 - 4:46am

Moved

Moved from Platynus parmarginatus.

… v belov, 5 March, 2015 - 7:40pm

P. daviesi is more likely, gi

P. daviesi is more likely, given the location. Bousquet(1) says parmarginatus occurs west of the Appalachians.

… Curt Harden, 5 March, 2015 - 7:29pm

thanks again, Curt

i can use all the help in the world with these nasty things

… v belov, 5 March, 2015 - 7:41pm

Moved tentatively

Moved from Beetles.

… v belov, 23 April, 2014 - 7:23am

Thanks v. Wow, this looks lik

Thanks v. Wow, this looks like a tough group to get a specific ID!

… Bill Keim, 23 April, 2014 - 7:55am

yes indeed

hope you collect specimens and they end up under an expert's 'scope

… v belov, 23 April, 2014 - 8:11am

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