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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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Pterostichus Beetle ? - Pterostichus melanarius
Copyright © 2016 Pat Cassidy

Pterostichus Beetle ? - Pterostichus melanarius
Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
April 30, 2016
Size: 18mm
Found several inches underground in loose garden soil.

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Contributed by Pat Cassidy on 30 April, 2016 - 2:17pm
Last updated 22 June, 2016 - 7:04pm

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 22 June, 2016 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

P. melanarius is my guess
A very common introduced European species. The orange color of the underside is just an indication that this is a teneral individual- recently emerged from its pupa.
… Curt Harden, 24 May, 2016 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for clarifying the color
I did not know that ... the day is not a waste!
… Pat Cassidy, 24 May, 2016 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review in Carabidae
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 14 May, 2016 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

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