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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Galeritini » False Bombardier Beetles (Galerita) » subgenus Progaleritina (Galerita subgenus Progaleritina) » Galerita bicolor
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Ground Beetle - Galerita bicolor
Copyright © 2020 marcie oconnor

Ground Beetle - Galerita bicolor
Prairie Haven, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
June 5, 2012
Maybe Galerita? Came to my UV moth lights.

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Contributed by marcie oconnor on 4 March, 2020 - 6:18pm
Last updated 4 April, 2024 - 1:09pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from subgenus Progaleritina.
… v belov, 4 April, 2024 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from False Bombardier Beetles.
… v belov, 1 June, 2021 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… marcie oconnor, 4 March, 2020 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Galerita
it is. The dorsal oblique views don't quite capture the species-specific shapes of head & pronotum that would be seen in perfectly perpendicular shots. The choices for WI come down to G. janus or G. bicolor.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 March, 2020 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Peter,
That's what I was afraid of. This is the only photo I have. Next time I'll know which angles to take.
… marcie oconnor, 4 March, 2020 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

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