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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Cymindis » Subgenus Pinacodera (Cymindis Subgenus Pinacodera) » limbata group (Cymindis limbata group) » Cymindis complanata
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Ground Beetle - Cymindis complanata
Copyright © 2010 J. Ott

Ground Beetle - Cymindis complanata
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
December 3, 2010
Size: 12mm
Found under Pine bark and appears to be a teneral Cymindis.
Id appreciated.

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Contributed by J. Ott on 3 December, 2010 - 11:45pm
Last updated 5 January, 2011 - 8:22pm

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… J. Ott, 5 January, 2011 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Cymindis complanata
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen which is now a photo-voucher in the P.W.Messer collection. Thanks John.

C. complanata is distinguished in the literature from similar C. platicollis by the forebody colored reddish which contrasts with darker elytra. In this specimen I was not convinced by previous reports of antennae longer, more slender. However, this single specimen did suggest (unpublished) clues for species separation. Long apparent body length (11.8 mm) is greater than my several reference specimens of C. platicollis which are all < 10 mm, including one specimen from MS. Not observed in any C. platicollis, is a distinct patch of coarse setigerous punctures located posteriomedially to each posterior supraorbital puncture. Fellow BugGuiders are encouraged to refute or corroborate these morphologic separators.
… Peter W. Messer, 5 January, 2011 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

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