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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Oodini » Stenocrepis » Stenocrepis elegans
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Bright metallic ground beetle - Stenocrepis elegans
Copyright © 2016 Mark S. Romero

Bright metallic ground beetle - Stenocrepis elegans
San Carlos Lake, Graham County, Arizona, USA
May 9, 2016
Size: ~9mm
Under a rock on the muddy shore. I would really like an ID if possible for this beauty. It looks to me a lot like A. muelleri except for the white legs and antennae portions. Thanks in advance for the help.

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Bright metallic ground beetle - Stenocrepis elegans Bright metallic ground beetle - Stenocrepis elegans
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Contributed by Mark S. Romero on 16 May, 2016 - 7:16pm
Last updated 17 May, 2016 - 7:57am

thanks for the addition, Mark
cool
… v belov, 2 July, 2016 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved, Stenocrepis elegans
I agree (I have collected this guy in AZ). Surprisingly not on BugGuide until now (unless there was a taxonomic change I was unaware of)

Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 17 May, 2016 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Stenocrepis elegans (LeConte)
in my opinion. This oodine gem is restricted to the region AZ-southern CA-northwestern Mexico.
… Peter W. Messer, 16 May, 2016 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

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