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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Scaritinae » Scaritini » Scarites » Big-headed Ground Beetle (Scarites subterraneus)
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Ground beetle (2) 10.05.02 - Scarites subterraneus
Copyright © 2010 WonGun Kim

Ground beetle (2) 10.05.02 - Scarites subterraneus
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 2, 2010
Size: ~ 18 mm (incl. mandible)
My best guess is Scarites subterraneus.

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Ground beetle (2) 10.05.02 - Scarites subterraneus Ground beetle (2) 10.05.02 - Scarites subterraneus
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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 3 May, 2010 - 8:09am
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 7:19pm

Moved
Moved from Scarites. I think the angle of the antennae in the second photo is deceiving. Had it captured the flatter side, it would have probably shown the squarish shape of S. subterraneus.
… Brad Barnd, 25 May, 2011 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
The second photo is deceiving...
Right!
I didn't know that the antenna had the flatter side. ^^
… WonGun Kim, 25 May, 2011 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Big-headed Ground Beetle.
… WonGun Kim, 5 June, 2010 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

Scarites
Those antennal segments look longer than wide. This is probably S. quadriceps. You cannot always use total body length when identifying Scarites specimens.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 May, 2010 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
The antennae of [i]S. quadric
The antennae of S. quadriceps is like this.



Is it considered to be the same as the second picture?
… WonGun Kim, 6 May, 2010 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
i thought the antennae
looked like subterraneus, but blaine is probably right
… J. Anderson, 11 May, 2010 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

Thanks, Jody!
Moved from Beetles.
… WonGun Kim, 3 May, 2010 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

yes
subterraneus
… J. Anderson, 3 May, 2010 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

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