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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Pericalina » Mochtherus » Mochtherus tetraspilotus
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Ground Beetle - Mochtherus tetraspilotus
Copyright © 2010 J. Ott

Ground Beetle - Mochtherus tetraspilotus
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
August 27, 2010
Size: 6.5mm BL
No match found yet and id help appreciated.
Taken in Lindgren funnel trap.
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Contributed by J. Ott on 29 August, 2010 - 9:58am
Last updated 11 September, 2010 - 3:59pm

from George Ball (via Terry Erwin):
"This one, I will bet, is a pericaline, probably Mochtherus tetraspilotus (Macleay). It's an Oriental species, first reported from Florida by Skip Choate..." (see sp. page)

Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 11 September, 2010 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V
Good to see you back.
… J. Ott, 17 September, 2010 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
thank you, Johnny, for this fine bug
looking forward to more great finds of yours,
=v=
… v belov, 17 September, 2010 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
Mochtherus tetraspilotus
is corroborated by two such specimens I received today from John bearing similar collection data:

Picayune, MS, Pearl Co., taken in baited Lindgren funnel adjacent to blacklight, 20.IX.2010.

Thank you so much John for these important vouchers.
… Peter W. Messer, 25 September, 2010 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

from T.L. Erwin: "this one doesn't click ...
"at my next opportunity to get into the collection, I'll tackle it!"

[so, as i suspected, it's a cool one, Johnny! thanks again for finding and posting beetles that puzzle our leading experts. =v=]
… v belov, 10 September, 2010 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 2 September, 2010 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

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