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Ground beetle - Stenolophus fuliginosus - male
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Ground beetle - Stenolophus fuliginosus - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 21, 2008
Size: 6mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 September, 2008 - 8:53pm
Last updated 25 December, 2012 - 6:13pm

Moved
Moved from Stenolophus plebejus.
… Peter W. Messer, 13 December, 2009 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… tom murray, 1 October, 2008 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Stenololophus fuliginosus (male)
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen including genitalia dissection which revealed the characteristic tiny apical hook. Note the uniformly darkened femora and darkened apical ends of tibiae. Thanks Tom. (This edit dated 12/13/2009)
… Peter W. Messer, 29 September, 2008 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

looks a bit like S y n u c h u s...
...and a lot like Stenolophus fuscatus :-]
… v belov, 21 September, 2008 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look like Stenolophus fuscatus
I'll wait for Peter to have a look at the specimen, in case there's something that looks similar.
… tom murray, 22 September, 2008 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

 
Correction:
This is now confirmed to be Stenolophus fuliginosus, not the possibilities S. plebejus or S. fuscatus that I had considered initially. Those two have uniformly pale appendages.
… Peter W. Messer, 13 December, 2009 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

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