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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Apenes » Apenes lucidula
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Unknown Clivina sp. - Apenes lucidula
Copyright © 2008 Scott Nelson

Unknown Clivina sp. - Apenes lucidula
Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
July 3, 2008
Size: 10 mm

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Unknown Clivina sp. - Apenes lucidula Unknown Clivina sp. - Apenes lucidula
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 10 July, 2008 - 12:15pm
Last updated 10 July, 2008 - 5:51pm

nice one; doesn't look one bit like clivina [to me],
but strongly reminds a rather heavy-built Agonum s.l.
… v belov, 10 July, 2008 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Apenes
Apenes is what I would suggest.
… Skip Blanchard, 10 July, 2008 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
It would seem that this is a very close match. There are so many carabidae that I get lost and overwhelmed almost immediately. How did you know where to look? What characteristics?
… Scott Nelson, 10 July, 2008 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

 
It takes determination followed by experience
to instantly recognize carabids by genus, but more scrutiny is usually required for species identification. The 'gestalt' thought process is analagous to instantly recognizing a breed of dog. However, the usual 'textbook' reply is that you become familiar with published standard keys to tribes first, then keys to genera within tribes.
… Peter W. Messer, 11 July, 2008 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
thanx... seems like a worthy find
"I've learned something today"
… v belov, 10 July, 2008 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Apenes appears to be on right track.
See Apenes.
… Peter W. Messer, 10 July, 2008 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

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