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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Licinini » Badister » Subgenus Baudia (Badister Subgenus Baudia) » micans group (Badister micans group) » Badister micans
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small beetle - Badister micans
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

small beetle - Badister micans
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 31, 2006
Size: 5.5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2006 - 9:28pm
Last updated 11 April, 2006 - 10:07pm

Badister ocularis
The groove in the left mandible is visible, if you know what to look for.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 April, 2006 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Nice view
Nice view of the mouthparts. Sure looks like a Ground Beetle. Beyond that, unless a Carabid expert rides in to the rescue, you have a lot of time comparing head and pronotum shapes ahead of you! A good rainy day project.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 1 April, 2006 - 4:18am login or register to post comments

 
Carabid
For now I'll place it with the unidentified Carabids. Maybe I'll get lucky and stumble onto a picture of this when I'm looking through some websites.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2006 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly a Badister
I will look eventually myself in the collection - Badister keeps suggesting itself, but not really sure. Not one of the typical carabid groups. This would be a good specimen to keep for me also. Thanks.
… Donald S. Chandler, 1 April, 2006 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
Smooth elytra
The Badisters in the guide have striations in the elytra, does that make a difference genus, or only in species?
… tom murray, 1 April, 2006 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
probably means "wrong guess!"
It does have faint striae. Whatever it is, it is not one of the "usual" carabid genera. I have seen it before, but no name is really firm is coming to mind.
… Donald S. Chandler, 1 April, 2006 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

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