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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Cychrini » Scaphinotus » subgenus Nomaretus (Scaphinotus subgenus Nomaretus)
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Scaphinotus sp. - Scaphinotus
Copyright © 2021 Alex Harman

Scaphinotus sp. - Scaphinotus
Cookson Hills WMA, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA
May 23, 2021
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Contributed by Alex Harman on 27 May, 2021 - 9:35am

FYI: Only two species of Scaphinotus are known in OK
of which only one "might" fit here: Scaphinotus (Nomaretus) cavicollis(LeConte). See LeConte's type specimen at https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:602. The problem I see is that Alex's posted image does not show the required coarse punctures distributed over the entire the pronotum. Photographic trickery? If not, this might be another Nomaretus and thus, a new state record! Suggestions?
… Peter W. Messer, 27 May, 2021 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like fissicollis to me
, but there’s at least one undescribed one in OK
… Curt Harden, 11 June, 2021 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes it does.
Someone should study this specimen. Guaranteed reward: either a new state record or an undescribed species.
… Peter W. Messer, 11 June, 2021 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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