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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Stenolophina » Bradycellus » subgenus Stenocellus (Bradycellus subgenus Stenocellus) » tantillus group (Bradycellus tantillus group) » Bradycellus californicus
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Ground beetle 1 - Bradycellus californicus
Copyright © 2010 Domingo Zungri

Ground beetle 1 - Bradycellus californicus
Roseville, Placer County, California, USA
July 21, 2010
Size: 3 mm
Captured at a light.
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Contributed by Domingo Zungri on 22 July, 2010 - 12:41am
Last updated 29 July, 2010 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Bradycellus.
… Domingo Zungri, 29 July, 2010 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Bradycellus californicus
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen (using Lindroth's key) which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. This and your two other very recent photo submissions are Bradycellus californicus, a new species both for BugGuide and for my reference collection! Reported to be "common" in the Pacific coastal states & provinces. Thank you so much Domingo for your support.
… Peter W. Messer, 29 July, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 25 July, 2010 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Bradycellus sp.
Domingo, I wonder if this one is again in the realm of "Bradycellus montanus vs B. puncticollis" like the similar specimen you had sent me? Comparing many of these specimen types under scope will help resolve the difficulties.
… Peter W. Messer, 24 July, 2010 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
I still have the specimens.
Do you want me to mail them to you?
… Domingo Zungri, 24 July, 2010 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Absolutely
mail all specimen that fit Bradycellus in your area! I am very eager to compare specimens to help resolve a difficult species determination. Please secure data/photo number with each specimen. Thank you so much for your support Domingo.
… Peter W. Messer, 24 July, 2010 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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