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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Pseudomaseus (Pterostichus Subgenus Pseudomaseus) » Pterostichus luctuosus
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Carabid - Pterostichus luctuosus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Carabid - Pterostichus luctuosus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 22, 2008
Size: 11mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 23 July, 2008 - 6:40am
Last updated 13 March, 2023 - 10:44am

Thanks Peter
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… tom murray, 14 August, 2008 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Pterostichus luctuosus
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen. Helpful traits are the iridescent elytra and a relatively mild constriction at base of pronotum ending in sharp angles. Separated from sibling species P. tenuis by shape of mentum tooth (not visible here). Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 14 August, 2008 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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