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BG2452 E6742 - Athrostictus punctatulus
Copyright © 2009 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG2452 E6742 - Athrostictus punctatulus
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
September 5, 2009
Size: body length 8.3 mm.
We think this is a carabid beetle.
Correction/further placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 4 November, 2009 - 12:29am
Last updated 19 November, 2014 - 6:13am

Athrostictus punctatulus
can be confidently separated from similar S. opalinus based on these images (esp pronotum closeup)+ shorter body length + far southern location (MS listed in Bousquet 2012).
… Peter W. Messer, 19 November, 2014 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Selenophorus opalinus.
… Peter W. Messer, 19 November, 2014 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

Image and size consistent with "Athrostictus punctatulus"
Having forgotten this old post from 2009, I was alerted today by Vassili Belov about the possiblity of "Athrostictus". See previous discussion for some of the anatomic details separating this potential Athrostictus punctatulus from a small Selenophorus opalinus. If true, then this record is an exciting new range extension beyond previously known MX and TX. I wish I could confirm it by studying this specimen.
… Peter W. Messer, 12 January, 2012 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively...
...based on the following note from Peter Messer: "Widespread Selenophorus opalinus is the only Selenophorus that makes sense to me given the location, relatively large size, and nonmetallic elytra shiny and likely iridescent. Not sure if it's taxonomically significant, but the pronotum shows many more punctures than the examples I've seen."

Moved from Selenophorus.
… v belov, 7 November, 2009 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 6 November, 2009 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

must be another Selenophorus
please add a VERY plain pronotum closeup to increase chances for a sp. name
… v belov, 4 November, 2009 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
Hi v belov,
Thanks for all of your help with these images!
I have added a closeup of the pronotum.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 5 November, 2009 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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