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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Scaritinae » Scaritini » Scarites » Big-headed Ground Beetle (Scarites subterraneus)
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Black Beetle with pincers - Scarites subterraneus
Copyright © 2009 Barbara Rubinstein

Black Beetle with pincers - Scarites subterraneus
East Hampton, NY, Suffolk County, New York, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: approx 8 mm
I would appreciate help with identifying.

Found floating in swimming pool skimmer.
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Contributed by Barbara Rubinstein on 26 June, 2009 - 8:48pm
Last updated 4 July, 2009 - 10:37pm

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… Kevin Hall, 4 July, 2009 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Scarites, a ground
Looks like Scarites, a ground beetle in the family Carabidae
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 26 June, 2009 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
scarites
Yes, it looks a lot like the photo at
http://bugguide.net/node/view/286180

Thanks very much.
… Barbara Rubinstein, 26 June, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Very short apparant body length of "8 mm"
amazes me for Scarites whose members are all quite a bit larger. Are you sure? At any rate, compare yours to the smallest member S. subterraneus which characteristically has the most roundish antennal segments.
… Peter W. Messer, 27 June, 2009 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, you're right ... I measured incorrectly
Sorry about that. The actual length was 15-16 mm.
… Barbara Rubinstein, 27 June, 2009 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
Scarites subterraneus
makes most sense here based on combination of size < 25 mm; round antennomeres; location.
… Peter W. Messer, 27 June, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
thanks!
… Barbara Rubinstein, 27 June, 2009 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

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