Ground beetle - Chlaenius pusillus

Chlaenius pusillus

based on comparing images to my reference specimens.
Ignore misspelling of species name below. I don't like order of images here and on the species Guide page, i.e., dorsal view should appear first. Is there a way to change order now or must the submitter simply remember to enter them in preferred order at the outset?

… Peter W. Messer, 10 July, 2009 - 6:03pm

nice series -- thank you guys for the pix and ID

[Peter-- lovely freudian slip to ignore, too!]

… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 6:09pm

A case of Sherlock meets Freud.

Kidding aside, can editors change order of images after submission?

... just now thought of a way that even Watson would have deduced. Simply tag and deposit images to Guide in preferred order one at a time rather than tagging them all together once which is what I had done.

… Peter W. Messer, 10 July, 2009 - 6:27pm

in fact,

the only way to do it consistently is the following: copy all the images to your computer, then edit each item in the series one by one to insert the pic that you want to be the first into the chronologically least recent form [you can't change the order defined by the 6-digit ##]; otherwise (the "unlink > tag > relink" protocol) the thumbnails will be rearranged below the large picture, but not on guide pages (in Recent of Images modes)
do i make sense? gotta run...

… v belov, 10 July, 2009 - 6:43pm

V, I could delete this node,re-submit to family page

in the preferred order if that would be better.

… J. Ott, 11 July, 2009 - 8:32am

Johnny--

i'm 100% cool with it as is, i don't have a problem with the 'dorsal-lateral-ventral' pic order

… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 9:00am

clarification.

I too don't have a problem with dorsal-lateral-ventral order on the Guide page which is what the Guide page now magically shows! Thanks to whoever corrected this. I do, however, have a (minor) problem when dorsal view does not appear first in an image set on the Guide page.

… Peter W. Messer, 11 July, 2009 - 9:17am

intrinsic problem

in submissions, the first pic posted comes first; on guide pages, the thumbs go left to right in reverse chronology (the highest=latest 6-digit # on the left) -- we can't do anything about that

… v belov, 11 July, 2009 - 9:22am

Chlaenius

- likely subgenus Anomoglossus based on image showing apparent elongated mandibles and if true, at or near C. pussilus based on relatively small size. These are nice scientifically displayed images but I much prefer instead of the side view a full ventral view which is often more helpful in carabid identification.

… Peter W. Messer, 10 July, 2009 - 11:48am

Thanks and I

added ventral shot.

… J. Ott, 10 July, 2009 - 12:15pm