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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Stenomorphus » Stenomorphus sinaloae
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Stenomorphus sinaloae or convexior? - Stenomorphus sinaloae
Copyright © 2019 Seth Ausubel

Stenomorphus sinaloae or convexior? - Stenomorphus sinaloae
Tubac, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 1, 2019
Size: ~20-25 mm
Came to black lights.
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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 4 September, 2019 - 6:39pm
Last updated 6 September, 2019 - 9:14am

I moved to Stenomorphus sinaloae
because it makes most sense. Someone can always change it and so could I depending on my seeing more Arizona specimen material.
… Peter W. Messer, 6 September, 2019 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Seth Ausubel, 6 September, 2019 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Tentatively Stenomorphus sinaloae
based solely on shape of pronotum, i.e., long and narrow compared to the shape in the other two species known in Arizona. A dorsal perpendicular view would have captured better the true shape rather than this somewhat lateral oblique view. Accurate species identifications of Stenomorphus require physical examinations and published keys are reliable only for the males. Stenomorphus is a member of the genus group Selenophori, a taxonomic group that I'm currently researching.

I'm providing determinations for the Arizona carabid specimens sent to me from BugGuider Margarethe Brummermann who is coauthoring with Arthur Evans a forthcoming photographic atlas of Arizona beetles. Seth, any chance you can mail me this specimen (and your other AZ carabids) for confirmation? Please see my profile regarding this option. Thanks.
… Peter W. Messer, 6 September, 2019 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Peter. I don't have this specimen
but will get you any others I can. This one wouldn't hold still for a dorsal shot either!
… Seth Ausubel, 6 September, 2019 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

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