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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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Scarites - Scarites subterraneus
Copyright © 2010 Jerry Armstrong

Scarites - Scarites subterraneus
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
July 23, 2010
Size: 16mm measured
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 2 August, 2010 - 2:16am
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 7:25pm

Moved
Moved from Scarites.
… Brad Barnd, 25 May, 2011 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

Body length
here would be appreciated. I'm curently doing a taxonomic study of North American Scarites (a difficult group) and would appreciate southern specimens for examination. In particular, I need enigmatic true Scarites quadriceps from southeastern USA. I suspect those all will be greater than 21 mm body length. Thanks.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 August, 2010 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

 
I had to go and find the spec
I had to go and find the specimen. It was in a container in the freezer. The measurement is from the tip of mandibles to end of abdomen, hope this helps.
… Jerry Armstrong, 2 August, 2010 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
"Scarites subterraneus" is likely
based on just the minimum combination of geographic location and body length significantly less than 21 mm. Thanks Jerry.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 August, 2010 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

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