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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Bembidiini » Tachyina » Elaphropus » subgenus Barytachys (Elaphropus subgenus Barytachys) » Elaphropus vernicatus
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Carabid - Elaphropus vernicatus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Carabid - Elaphropus vernicatus
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
July 10, 2008
Size: about 2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2008 - 9:17pm
Last updated 14 August, 2008 - 6:28am

Thanks Peter
All these Elaphropus look the same in the field, but now I'm seeing that there are a number of species of these tiny beetles.
… tom murray, 14 August, 2008 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

Elaphropus vernicatus
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen voucher. A black Elaphropus with 4 more or less distinct pale spots on elytra as shown. It is associated with ant nests. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 13 August, 2008 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… tom murray, 22 July, 2008 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

must be an Elaphropus
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… v belov, 22 July, 2008 - 2:11am login or register to post comments

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