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ground beetle - Badister transversus

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2008
Size: 6mm

Contributed by tom murray on 13 June, 2008 - 8:14am
Last updated 16 July, 2008 - 10:17pm

Thanks Peter

Now I wish I had a good close-up of the right mandible.

… tom murray, 16 July, 2008 - 10:17pm

Badister transversus

based on my microscopic examination of this specimen. Some clues that help distinguish this species include uniformly dark Badister with iridescent back and a conspicuous notch atop *right* mandible. Incidentally, there is single specimen of same species from Groton, MA, 8-VI-2008, but no corresponding image was submitted by you. Thanks Tom.

… Peter W. Messer, 16 July, 2008 - 10:14pm

Moved

Moved from Ground Beetles.

… tom murray, 11 July, 2008 - 7:32am

Badister sp.

:-)

… Boris Büche, 11 July, 2008 - 5:19am

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