Carabid 4a - Cymindis cribricollis

Moved

Moved from Cymindis.

… Tim Loh, 28 July, 2009 - 7:01pm

Cymindis cribricollis (Dejean 1831)

Keyed from Lindroth; species is characterized by broadly depressed sides of the pronotum and that the 1st antennal segment is longer than the 3rd.

… Tim Loh, 28 July, 2009 - 7:00pm

Excellent!

Tim, with a good scope and Lindroth at your side you are fast becoming at BugGuide the carabidologist representative for the northwestern fauna. Now if we could only get someone to take on the mysterious southwestern carabids.

… Peter W. Messer, 28 July, 2009 - 9:40pm

Thanks [blushes]

I'm still a relative newbie when it comes to carabid identification.. there's lots to learn..definitely more challenging than the water beetles.

… Tim Loh, 29 July, 2009 - 12:54pm

Challenging yes.

After weevils and rove beetles, ground beetles are the third most speciose beetle family of which genus Bembidion stands out with 30 pages (225 couplets) in Lindroth devoted to a key that is reliably applicable to just the species in the northern half of North America!

… Peter W. Messer, 29 July, 2009 - 11:33pm

Kudos

also for contributing new species page to BugGuide.

… Peter W. Messer, 28 July, 2009 - 10:24pm

Moved

Thanks..will be safe at genus level for now. Probably either C. cribicollis or C. planipennis based on descriptions and images at the U of A. Entomology collection but will wait till I get Lindroth's book to confirm.

… Tim Loh, 27 July, 2009 - 11:01am

Lindroth book.

Tim, I mailed you a pdf copy of the book well over a week ago. Did you get it? Also this to V. Belov: E-mails I sent to you in past week regarding Mike Quinn's posting of Rhadine are bouncing back to me (twice). Is there a change in your e-mail address?

Yes, Cymindis is a good place to start. Did you pass it through the key to North American Carabid Tribes that I had sent you?

… Peter W. Messer, 27 July, 2009 - 11:56am

Lindroth

I have yet to receive it but I anticipate that it should be in the mail sometime this week. Will let you know when I get it.

… Tim Loh, 27 July, 2009 - 4:38pm

Lindroth

good idea; i'll be waiting for a name

… v belov, 27 July, 2009 - 11:09am

crossed mail

V, I wanted to make sure you saw my edit above in case you may have missed it?

… Peter W. Messer, 27 July, 2009 - 12:04pm

looks like a sort of Cymindis to me

lovely beast

… v belov, 27 July, 2009 - 8:27am