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False Bombardier Beetle - Galerita janus
Copyright © 2010 Marvin Smith

False Bombardier Beetle - Galerita janus
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
April 8, 2010
Size: 20 mm
Basement floor visitor.

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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 8 April, 2010 - 11:11am
Last updated 8 April, 2010 - 12:21pm

Moved
Moved from False Bombardier Beetles.
… v belov, 8 April, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Wrong again
Thanks for providing the correct ID.
… Marvin Smith, 8 April, 2010 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Marvin Smith, 8 April, 2010 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Galerita bicolor?
… Marvin Smith, 8 April, 2010 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
Galerita yes...
G. bicolor vs. G. janus.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 April, 2010 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

 
I favor G. janus
based on the more widely rounded "cheeks" behind the eyes and the more widely rounded pronotum in anterior half.
… Peter W. Messer, 9 April, 2010 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
Thanks for pointing out the G. janus characteristics you saw that I did not.
… Marvin Smith, 10 April, 2010 - 2:53am login or register to post comments

 
G. bicolor vs. G. janus
Yes, I spent a while debating back and forth between the two species and finally decided this specimen had the narrower head of G. bicolor, but that decision could very well be wrong.

… Marvin Smith, 8 April, 2010 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

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