Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

See Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Zuphiini » Thalpius » Thalpius dorsalis
Photo#290014
Pseuadptinus (Thalpius) dorsalis (Brullé) - Thalpius dorsalis
Copyright © 2009 Mike Quinn

Pseuadptinus (Thalpius) dorsalis (Brullé) - Thalpius dorsalis
Sabal Palm Grove, se. Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
June 5, 2009
Det. P. Messer, 2011

spmn in the TAMUIC
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 June, 2009 - 6:32pm
Last updated 5 August, 2021 - 8:37pm

Moved
Moved from Thalpius.
… Peter W. Messer, 9 February, 2011 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Thalpius dorsalis
is based on Thalpius in southeastern quadrant with elongated antennomeres (not squarish like T. pygmaeus), elytra with dark cloud posterio-medially (T. hoegei and T. rufulus without contrasting cloud), and elytral intervals distinctly convex (not flat as in T. horni of southwestern quadrant).
… Peter W. Messer, 6 February, 2011 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Thalpius rufulus.
… v belov, 17 June, 2009 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

ID based on MCZ type
here
… v belov, 17 June, 2009 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Taxonomic caution:
Thalpius rufulus is given only CA status in Bousquet & Larochelle (1993). The three similar Texan species noted are T. dorsalis, T. hoegei, T. horni. Furthermore, the recent world carabidae catalogue by Lorenz (2005) cites "Thalpius" as a subgenus of Pseudaptinus. Therefore, I recommend that this image be moved to either genus "Thalpius" or, preferably, to Pseudaptinus until someone can offer a reliable species identification.
… Peter W. Messer, 17 June, 2009 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Peter, for your vigilance
*
… v belov, 17 June, 2009 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2023 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact