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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Calleidina » Plochionus » Plochionus timidus
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beetle - Plochionus timidus
Copyright © 2009 Bo Zaremba

beetle - Plochionus timidus
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2009
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Contributed by Bo Zaremba on 8 August, 2009 - 5:49pm
Last updated 4 January, 2014 - 8:28am

Moved
Moved from Plochionus.
… v belov, 4 January, 2014 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lebiini.
… v belov, 3 March, 2010 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

my first idea was Cymindis, but now i'm not so sure
the beast has this Plochionus-ish flair... a sharper pic + pronotal closeup (indispensable for any confident carabid ID) would help a lot. Let's see what Peter has to say.

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… v belov, 8 August, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Plochionus
too is my first choice based on lebiine habitus (truncated elytra), uniformly shiny dark non-pubscent dorsum, and a rather bell-shaped pronotum with lateral borders widening flat toward base. Two species known in MA. Yes, a clearer image would be helpful.
… Peter W. Messer, 9 August, 2009 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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