Green Ground Beetle - Scaphinotus viduus

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… v belov, 28 August, 2015 - 11:23am

Do you recall the elevation?

… Jonathan W. Quist, 7 September, 2013 - 1:57am

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Moved from Scaphinotus andrewsii.

This isn't S. andrewsii or in the subgenus Steniridia. It may be a color morph of S. webbi, which belongs between the subgenera Scaphinotus and Irichroa and occurs in that area. Sadly, our Scaphinotus fauna still needs a lot of work done. Off topic, that species is about the coolest scaph I've ever seen :)

… Jonathan W. Quist, 6 September, 2013 - 2:33am

It must be S. viridis,

which at the moment is officially regarded as a color variant of S. viduus. It's endemic to that part of WV, ranges east into Highland County in VA.

S. webbi is another S. viduus variant, probably not really deserving a full species status (see Hoffman and Davidson 2006, cited by Bousquet 2012).

… Curt Harden, 22 August, 2015 - 11:29pm

Thank you for clearing that u

Thank you for clearing that up. It is supprising that it is still undescribed, if it is truely a different species.

… Jonathan W. Quist, 23 August, 2015 - 10:54pm

Moved Very Tentatively

Moved from Scaphinotus.

… v belov, 15 May, 2011 - 4:22am

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Moved from Ground Beetles.

… Eric R. Eaton, 5 January, 2007 - 2:35pm

Scaphinotus

That is indeed Scaphinotus, but I dont know which species. Pretty common in the Manongagila State Forest.

… Samuel Perry, 3 July, 2006 - 12:06pm

Incredible, another Cychrini!

Amazing, you've done it again, another Cychrini! The southern appalacians are a real hot spot for species diversity in this tribe although individual species are never abundant as I've been told they are in the Pacific Northwest. I'm leaning towards Sphaeroderus although I've never seen or heard of a green one! I wouldn't rule out Scaphinotus either. Do you remember the size? It would be nice to get a Scaphinotus expert too help us with this and your other one from Holly River.

… Frank Guarnieri, 29 October, 2005 - 6:31pm

I just saw and measured a spe

I just saw and measured a specimen of this from Sam Wells' private collection. Cranberry Glades, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was collected on June 29, '91. It was 25 mm and it looked like the Calosoma scrutator of Snail eaters. He claims when he tried to key it out, (sometime between '91 and now), he found no matching species and him and his coleopterist friends presumed it to be undiscribed.

… Jonathan W. Quist, 16 October, 2012 - 7:28pm

Thanks, Frank, for the ID

I thought that head looked awfully long and skinny! Wish I had taken a dorsal view too.

I found and photographed this beetle at a meeting of the West Virginia Entomological Association. Just after I photographed it a young member plunked it in a bottle of alcohol. I may be able to drop an email to the other members and see if anyone ever ID'ed the beetle.

The young member himself is now in boarding school but I might be able to track him down too. He is a budding entomologist and may have been able to ID it from the specimen.

I do not have a size for this one but it wasn't especially small.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen_WV, 29 October, 2005 - 6:39pm