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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Cymindis » Subgenus Pinacodera (Cymindis Subgenus Pinacodera) » limbata group (Cymindis limbata group) » Cymindis platicollis » Cymindis platicollis platicollis
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ground beetle - Cymindis platicollis
Copyright © 2016 Kim Fleming

ground beetle - Cymindis platicollis
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
December 8, 2016
Cymindis?
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 8 December, 2016 - 6:11pm
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 3:00am

Moved
Moved from Cymindis platicollis.
… v belov, 10 March, 2024 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cymindis.
… Kim Fleming, 9 December, 2016 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Curt Harden, 9 December, 2016 - 7:18am login or register to post comments

Agreed
Perhaps this is Cymindis platicollis?

I don't see the lighter spots on the lateral portion of the elytra typical of C. limbata, though perhaps I just don't see it in the photo.
… Sean Perez, 8 December, 2016 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
agree
Double-checked the other photos, and no lighter area at the "shoulders". Thanks!
… Kim Fleming, 9 December, 2016 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome
Thanks for clearing that up! Great photo.
… Sean Perez, 9 December, 2016 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

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