Unknown - Cercyon limbatus

Moved

Moved from Cercyon.

… Tim Loh, 10 February, 2010 - 11:59pm

Cercyon limbatus (Mannerheim)

is a much better fit than C. matthewsi. The latter species is much darker than this and has more defined lateral pale markings.

… Tim Loh, 10 February, 2010 - 11:59pm

i never suggested matthewsi, just stated that i can't exclude it

...because i had no information on it whatsoever in my handy sources, but the syntype of limbatus (Mnnh.) looks too dull and bicolored...

… v belov, 12 February, 2010 - 5:48pm

C. (s.str.)

matthewsi (no idea what it looks like) is the only one i couldn't exclude from those listed for AB by Roughley

Moved from Leiodinae.

… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 6:51am

Thanks

will try to figure this one out using Smetana's key.

… Tim Loh, 10 February, 2010 - 9:53am

just keep in mind that 'smetana' means 'sour cream'

… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 10:35am

don't quite get your analogy there.. :)
(I like sour cream chips btw :))

… Tim Loh, 10 February, 2010 - 10:43am

i hardly ever get my analogies myself, so there's no surprise

:)))

… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 10:46am

ah well....

I guess I will find out what you mean when I work through this and the rest of my other unIDed hydro~s during the next few weeks. I really like the abundance of figures in the text though...

… Tim Loh, 10 February, 2010 - 11:04am

good luck -- i'm looking forward to see the results

i took a peek into the 26-spp. Cercyon key for the Pacif. part of Russia -- it turns out, just body outline may be highly diagnostic; when you add color pattern and well-defined puncture/microsculpture features, it turns out, you only need to check genitalia very occasionally

… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 11:43am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Tim Loh, 28 November, 2009 - 1:46am

Leiodidae

Looks like a leiodid of some kind; doesn't look like a sphaeridine hydrophilid to me, but not familiar with Canada's fauna.

… Blaine Mathison, 22 November, 2009 - 6:10pm

Thanks

Had lots of trouble trying to decide between the 2.

… Tim Loh, 22 November, 2009 - 7:06pm

well..................................................

unless something in the Leiodini, then definately* a sphaeridiine
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*BG's prevailing spelling

… v belov, 21 November, 2009 - 6:34am

I hope I've never spelled it that way...

I tend to make lots of weird errors while typing.

… Natalie Hernandez, 21 November, 2009 - 1:12pm

perform a BG search...

...on both 'definately' and 'definatly' [less popular, i'll admit] -- just to get an idea

… v belov, 21 November, 2009 - 1:16pm

hehe...

the American way of spelling? ;-)

… Tim Loh, 21 November, 2009 - 1:39pm

hehe indeed

btw, Natalie always uses the 'haha' version; makes me think...

… v belov, 21 November, 2009 - 1:45pm

Well thats how it sounds when I laugh

I don't make a "hehe" sound. I have a definite "HA" in my laugh. Plus I hate to use lol.

… Natalie Hernandez, 21 November, 2009 - 8:51pm

oh i see... most illuminating, thanx!

the sounds i make are way too weird to be adequately rendered by any combination of the English letters... which is all the more troubling that i, too, hate the above-mentioned acronym.

… v belov, 22 November, 2009 - 4:47am