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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Nebriinae » Notiophilini » Notiophilus
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beetle - Notiophilus
Copyright © 2008 Kim Fleming

beetle - Notiophilus
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
February 13, 2008
Unfortunately, this was the only shot I was able to get of this guy before it disappeared. maybe 4mm long.
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 13 February, 2008 - 8:38pm
Last updated 21 February, 2008 - 5:39pm

Carabid
clear enough to genus - Notiophilus sp., those huge eyes are a giveaway
… Phillip Harpootlian, 13 February, 2008 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Notiophilus sp.
This carabid genus is uncommon in most regions. Three species known in SC. Best to consult Janet Ciegler's key to SC Carabidae. Visible clues in photo relevant to species ID are dark femur, pale tibia, less constricted pronotum all of which point away from N. aeneus, the most familiar species in my area.
… Peter W. Messer, 14 February, 2008 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

 
suspect N. biguttatus
i'm afraid, after this one made it to the New World there's no stopping it, so the genus will soon become common -- at the expense of some locals, i'm sorry to say. N. biguttatus is one of the commonest carabids in both urban and rural areas in Europe
… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks much
...I'd not come across these before (that I know of).
… Kim Fleming, 14 February, 2008 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

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