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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Stenolophina » Bradycellus » subgenus Stenocellus (Bradycellus subgenus Stenocellus) » rupestris group (Bradycellus rupestris group) » Bradycellus rupestris
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Tiny reddish beetle - Bradycellus rupestris
Copyright © 2007 Ashley Bradford

Tiny reddish beetle - Bradycellus rupestris
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 27, 2007
Size: abt. 1/4"
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 27 August, 2007 - 11:32pm
Last updated 28 August, 2007 - 6:53pm

Carabidae : Harpalini : Bradycellus rupestris
Images of this small harpaline are most consistent with Bradycellus rupestris based on pointed (denticulate) pronotal hind angles, reddish color of body and appendages, pattern of longitudinal dark streaks on elytra. Body length does not exceed 4.7 mm and so the photographer's quarter inch (~ 6.3 mm) is likely an overestimate.

NB: The Guide gives incorrect spelling "ruprestris". A contributing editor needs to correct this.
… Peter W. Messer, 28 August, 2007 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Corrected
Thanks, Peter.
… Jim McClarin, 28 August, 2007 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
It was definitely very tiny
and I'm not the best at size estimates, so you're probably correct. Thanks for the ID!
… Ashley Bradford, 28 August, 2007 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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