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Pasimachus punctulatus - male
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Pasimachus punctulatus - Male
Little River Regional Park, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 27, 2005
Size: 33 mm
Captured and posed. Length includes the (huge) mandibles. This appears to be Pasimachus depressus, according to the key in Ciegler(1).
This is probably a male. Ciegler says that elytron of male is shiny; of female, dull. Also, base of mandible of male has a wide oblique depression dorsally.

Update 1/18/2016! (Image updated as well.) This appears to be P. punctulatus. See comments under my other example of P. punctulatus here:

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Contributed by Cotinis on 5 July, 2005 - 5:47pm
Last updated 18 January, 2016 - 3:02pm

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