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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Dicaelina » Notched-mouth Ground Beetles (Dicaelus) » subgenus Paradicaelus (Dicaelus subgenus Paradicaelus) » politus group (Dicaelus politus group) » Dicaelus politus
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Dicaelus politus - male
Copyright © 2016 Sean Perez

Dicaelus politus - Male
Talladega National Forest, Bibb County, Alabama, USA
August 3, 2014
Size: 14mm
This species is remarkably shiny which is depicted in this picture. They look very different from other species of this genus in that regards to their small size, and the lack of a carina (point ridge) on the basal portion of the seventh elytral interval.

This specimen was collected by NEON using a pitfall trap containing a 1:1 ratio of water and propylene glycol.
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Contributed by Sean Perez on 19 January, 2016 - 2:58pm
Last updated 9 February, 2016 - 6:51pm

Moved
Moved from Notched-mouth Ground Beetles.
… Sean Perez, 9 February, 2016 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Yes sir
Nice image.
… Curt Harden, 8 February, 2016 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

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