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Tanystoma sp? - Agonum limbatum

Tanystoma sp? - Agonum limbatum
Loomis, Placer County, California, USA
May 27, 2020
Size: 6.5 mm
700’ elevation, rural residential area with livestock, 38.8198, -121.1173.
Taken from UV 20 watt light bucket trap set out continuously for 5 nights.

In American Beetles (1) keys to Tanystoma. In LINDROTH (2) keys to Agonum. I tried the Agonum key (3) with little success. I don't see a key to the 5 Tanystoma species and they are all in CA I think.

- Tarsomeres of hind tarsus without dorsal median furrow (no picture).
- Last tarsal segment with two parallel rows of long setae underneath.
- Head without costriction posteriad of eyes and no evident transverse impression.
- Elytra with more than 3 discal setae.
- Apex of antennomere 2 with 4 or more setae.
- Mentum with a large tooth.

Hope I got it to the right genus and somebody can supply the species name without genitalia examination.
PS, getting ready to take the ventral view, the specimen had an accident and lost it's right tarsus, it isn't a different specimen. Luckily it doesn't need a crutch.

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Moved
Moved from Tule Beetle.

 
Thanks, much appreciated.
I started from scratch again and it went right to Agonum! Don't know how keyed it I elsewhere. But, I lost it at couplet 80 pg. 563 (1) where it says:
"80. Dorsal punctures of elytra clearly foveate, each surrounded by a depression with a diameter at least nearly equal to the width of 3. interval".

In fact, those punctured foveae seem much smaller when looked at wrong (tricky), but anything else didn't work at all and this option does get me to a good result. Just a hint for others maybe. I also had another specimen under Agonum that is the same, so a double hit.

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.

A key to the 5 species of Tanystoma,
of which one is restricted to Baja California, is provided by James Liebherr in J. New York Entomol. Soc. 97(2): 173-186, 1989. That one supersedes his earlier 1985 key in the same journal.

 
Tule Beetle?
I've downloaded both Liebherr's papers (1) & (2) (which I added to BG's Books" section).
I believe my specimen is the Tule Beetle (Tanystoma maculicolle) due to its coloring, shape of its pronotum, size (mine is a bit on the small side), range in CA, and agreement with its description of other characters (1) and the key (2). I don't see any need for more pictures.

I hope you agree Peter. Thanks for the literature hint.

 
"Tanystoma maculicolle"
is consistent with images.

 
Thanks
I'll get that and work on it.

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