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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Cylindrocharis (Pterostichus Subgenus Cylindrocharis) » Pterostichus rostratus
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Woodland Ground Beetle - Pterostichus rostratus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Woodland Ground Beetle - Pterostichus rostratus
Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
May 7, 2008
Size: 17mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2008 - 2:00pm

Nice dorsal shot.
I don't have a representative of this non-Wisconsin species in my carabid reference collection. I sure would love to have one! This female must have had a previous struggle - I see missing left front leg and missing hind right tarsus.
… Peter W. Messer, 9 May, 2008 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Pterostichus rostratus
is, not surprisingly, confirmed based on my examination of this specimen. Important features are the long mandibles and absence of dorsal punctures on elytra. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 15 May, 2008 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

 
She's all yours
I should be finding more of these, so I'll get a couple more for you.
… tom murray, 9 May, 2008 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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