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Photo#281063
vicious beetle - Scarites

vicious beetle - Scarites
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
May 25, 2009
Size: 26 mm
2 pairs of punctures on elytra, also two depressions on head. Scarites for genus? quadriceps for species?

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Moved
Moved from Scarites.

Blowup of second image allows identification to S. vicinus/S. quadriceps group. However, without ventral view further ID impossible. My best guess would be S. vicinus, as it seems to be more common further north.

Scarites, yes -- further unIDable from pix
the genus is a mess

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