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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Selenophorus » subgenus Selenophorus (Selenophorus subgenus Selenophorus) » Selenophorus aequinoctialis
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ground beetle - Selenophorus aequinoctialis
Copyright © 2017 Ryan Andrews

ground beetle - Selenophorus aequinoctialis
Valley Center, San Diego County, California, USA
June 20, 2017
Size: apx. 8mm
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Contributed by Ryan Andrews on 21 June, 2017 - 8:50pm
Last updated 28 March, 2021 - 12:56pm

Moved
Moved from Selenophorus famulus.
… Curt Harden, 28 March, 2021 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Curt.
There are probably many old BugGuide posts of "Selenophorus" like this one that need updating in light of new names and new synonyms reported by Messer & Raber (2021)(1).
… Peter W. Messer, 28 March, 2021 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

"Selenophorus famulus Casey" confirmed
with this image plus western location. However, this particular Casey name along with a few others have fallen in synonymy with various senior names in the forthcoming revisionary paper by Messer & Raber.
… Peter W. Messer, 22 June, 2017 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 June, 2017 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
had that species in my yard before so that wouldn't surprise me. I was pretty sure it was a Selenophorus though
… Ryan Andrews, 22 June, 2017 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

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