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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Poecilus » chalcites group (Poecilus chalcites group) » Poecilus scitulus
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Carabidae - Poecilus scitulus
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

Carabidae - Poecilus scitulus
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
June 11, 2016
Size: 11 mm
I had the impression (simply based on looks not keys) that this handsome beast was Harpalus affinis, but it appears that I went off the wrong branch. Attracted to UV and mercury vapor lights at Rio Bosque Wetlands Park.

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 12 June, 2016 - 4:03pm
Last updated 11 February, 2019 - 5:34pm

Moved
Looks the most like this one to me.

Moved from Poecilus.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 11 February, 2019 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 22 June, 2016 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Belov!
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… Salvador Vitanza, 22 June, 2016 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Poecilus?
H. affinis from Texas would've been a neat record! But this is in the Pterostichini, and looks most like a Poecilus species to me.
The two setae above each eye rule out Harpalus.
-Curt
… Curt Harden, 12 June, 2016 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Curt!
A man can only hope (of a new record)... I stand corrected. Thank you for your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 12 June, 2016 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

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