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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Anisodactylina » Anisodactylus » Subgenus Gynandrotarsus (Anisodactylus Subgenus Gynandrotarsus) » rusticus group (Anisodactylus rusticus group) » Anisodactylus merula
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Carabidae - Anisodactylus merula
Copyright © 2018 Bill Hubick

Carabidae - Anisodactylus merula
Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 15, 2018
Size: 12 mm
Collected in manicured park center among mulch at playground. Found by my well-trained 4-year-old daughter. Specimen available.

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Contributed by Bill Hubick on 23 September, 2018 - 3:30pm
Last updated 30 September, 2018 - 2:19pm

Anisodactylus merula
This specimen was sent to me by Bill, and I've confirmed that it is A. merula. Thanks Bill!
Moved from Subgenus Gynandrotarsus.
… Curt Harden, 30 September, 2018 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Curt!
First photo record for the species for Maryland Biodiversity Project!

https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/record.php?record=610323
… Bill Hubick, 30 September, 2018 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 23 September, 2018 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Anisodactylus sp.?
wait for confirmation

If you are sending carabids to Curt would you consider sending click beetles to me? It would help the diversity project if the IDs were voucher specimens! thanks :-)
… Blaine Mathison, 23 September, 2018 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely!
Would be happy to do that! Can you send me your email address? Mine is bill_hubick@yahoo.com.
… Bill Hubick, 23 September, 2018 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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