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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Harpalus » Subgenus Plectralidus (Harpalus Subgenus Plectralidus) » Harpalus erraticus
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Ground beetle - Harpalus erraticus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Ground beetle - Harpalus erraticus
Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 2, 2008
Size: 14mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 3 October, 2008 - 11:32pm
Last updated 13 October, 2008 - 4:09pm

Thanks Peter
I checked Neartica.com, and they spell it erraticus, so I changed the spelling on the guide page to reflect that.
… tom murray, 13 October, 2008 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Please change back to "eraticus"
which is the valid species name by ICZN rules (author's original spelling). Nearctica.com and other similar taxonomic web sites are notoriously incorrect for many of the currently accepted names of carabid species. I never consult theses sites.
… Peter W. Messer, 14 October, 2008 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Harpalus eraticus
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen. Thanks Tom.
… Peter W. Messer, 13 October, 2008 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
you sure it's spelled with just one 'r'?
*
… v belov, 13 October, 2008 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Thanks
I'll move it to the genus page for now, and give Peter a chance to identify it to species.
… tom murray, 4 October, 2008 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

Harpalus erraticus* looks good
*misspelled[?] (one 'r') in the BG
… v belov, 4 October, 2008 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

I have one of these.
I hope it gets IDed.
… Jim McClarin, 3 October, 2008 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

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