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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Nebriinae » Nebriini » Leistus » Leistus longipennis
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Leistus longipennis Casey 1920 - Leistus longipennis - male
Copyright © 2019 Jonathan W. Quist

Leistus longipennis Casey 1920 - Leistus longipennis - Male
south of Crescent City, Endert's Trail, Del Norte County, California, USA
November 10, 2018
Size: ~9.4 mm
This species is only reported from two localities by Bousquet 2012. This would be the third.

Cameron Ramsey, Dan Cavan and I found five or six specimens climbing bramble bushes in a humid and heavily vegetated beach side forest.

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Leistus longipennis Casey 1920 - Leistus longipennis - male Leistus longipennis Casey 1920 - Leistus longipennis - male
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Contributed by Jonathan W. Quist on 16 February, 2019 - 2:50pm
Last updated 14 September, 2023 - 3:41pm

Wow,
that's an awesome beetle! Were they in litter?
… Curt Harden, 18 February, 2019 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. They were actually cr
Thanks. They were actually crawling on the leaves and branches of bramble bushes at night.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 18 February, 2019 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

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