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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Morphnosoma (Pterostichus Subgenus Morphnosoma) » Pterostichus melanarius
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Ground Beetle - Pterostichus melanarius
Copyright © 2016 Jim Moore

Ground Beetle - Pterostichus melanarius
Mountain Meadows Reservoir area next to Westwood, elevation 5050ft, Lassen County, California, USA
September 7, 2015
Size: Body length 17mm
Any further ID help for this Beetle is appreciated - thanks!

GrBet 109 - Sent to Peter W. Messer

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 10 March, 2016 - 1:21am
Last updated 20 October, 2018 - 3:25pm

Pterostichus melanarius confirmed
via phys det for this ex now @ PWMC. Thank you Jim.
… Peter W. Messer, 12 February, 2019 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 11 March, 2016 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

Pterostichus melanarius?
This reminds me of Pterostichus melanarius, a European native. The pronotum having broad basal impressions and a sharp hind angle jutting out suggest this species to me. I only know the specimen from readings and images so other opinions might be needed here. Good luck!
… Sean Perez, 10 March, 2016 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

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