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Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female

Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - Female
Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York, USA
September 1, 2013
Size: 15.6mm
Not sure if this is Harpalus.
Got lost in the keys somewhere.

Specimen deposited in MFD private collection.

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Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female Harpalus? - Harpalus pensylvanicus - female

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Yes, it's Harpalus pensylvanicus.
Do you know the collection date?

 
Yes
The specimen is at work though. I will fill in the collection details tomorrow.

Thank you so much for the ID. For some reason I kept coming to Notiobia (Anisotarsus) in the key I was using (Lindroth, 1961). I’m sure I was just misinterpreting a feature.

I should probably get my hands on a newer reference for Carabidae. Bousquet (2010) looks like a great reference for my area. Anything else you can recommend?

 
Well illustrated in Bousquet (2010):
Hind tarsus with first tarsomere distinctly longer than longest apical spur of metatibia. Male front tarsi underneath with spongy adhesive setae. --> on the way to Notiobia.

Hind tarsus with first tarsomere not or slightly longer than longest apical spur of metatibia. Male front tarsi underneath with seriate adhesive setae. --> on the way to Harpalus.

Imaged here is a female so genus separation is not so obvious.
In this case, the absence of any setigerous punctures in the vicinity of elytral interval #3 lends support to subgenus Harpalus (Pseudoophonus) and eliminates genus Notiobia.

 
I gotta get a copy
Looks pretty hard to come by. Used copies on Amazon are pretty pricey. Any other ideas where to get a copy?

 
Options to acquire Bousquet (2010)
(1) Amazon.com: best price for new copy $198, beats used copies.

(2) Bookfinder.com: best price for new copy $155 (includes shipping) via AbeBooks, beats used copies.

(3) Personally photocopy the book held in a university/entomology library or, if possible, borrow it via your interlibrary loan system. I know of one grad student who used a university photocopier machine to convert blocks of pages by taxonomic sections into PDF files. If you're only interested in adults, the large larvae section can be skipped. Photographs (B&W and color plates) were captured well by the PDF files. I believe the entire copying process was free as long as everything was saved to a personal USB storage devise inserted into the machine.

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