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Platynus
Copyright © 2020 Tim Moyer

Platynus
Medford, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
March 15, 2007
Size: 12.5m
Believe this is Platynus, but I can't seem to key any further using D&A. Suggestions welcome :)

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 9 July, 2020 - 8:03pm

tenuicollis or daviesi?
I can't tell for sure. The most up-to-date key to the eastern Platynus species is Bousquet 2012(1)
… Curt Harden, 10 July, 2020 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
keel?
Thanks Curt, I added better images of the left meso- and metatarsomeres. They both definitely have lateral groves. Does that make what is termed the "dorsal keel"?
… Tim Moyer, 10 July, 2020 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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