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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Selenophorus » subgenus Selenophorus (Selenophorus subgenus Selenophorus) » Selenophorus planipennis
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Beetle ID - Selenophorus planipennis
Copyright © 2010 Heidi Eaton

Beetle ID - Selenophorus planipennis
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
May 20, 2010
Size: 5mm
Another little beetle

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Beetle ID - Selenophorus planipennis Beetle ID - Selenophorus planipennis
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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 21 May, 2010 - 11:15pm
Last updated 22 May, 2010 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Loh, 22 May, 2010 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

odd-looking something in the Harpalini
pubescent lateral intervals &c
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly Selenophorus
based on small harpaline habitus with several distinct punctures along elytral stria #2 but can't see clearly same for #5 & #7. Additional pubescence (if true) should certainly limit the species choices. Several Selenophorus spp. in my personal collection are not pubscent dorsally.
… Peter W. Messer, 22 May, 2010 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

 
I agree too...
I can't think of anything else that fits the combination of characters visible. It's almost certainly S. planipennis LeConte based on range (only species listed for BC & AB) and visible diagnostic characters. The species seems to be the only one of the genus found this far west.
… Tim Loh, 22 May, 2010 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Selenophorus planipennis vs S. pedicularis
are the choices are for this Colorado specimen. They are indeed both pubescent apicolaterally on elytra. Tim, I do agree with S. planipennis as best choice based on suggested short truncation of elytral apex and pronotal hind corners obtusely angulated (but hard to see here).
… Peter W. Messer, 22 May, 2010 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks Tim
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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