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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Platynini » Metacolpodes » Metacolpodes buchanani
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Carabidae - Metacolpodes buchanani
Copyright © 2011 Libby & Rick Avis

Carabidae - Metacolpodes buchanani
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
October 2, 2010
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 3 February, 2011 - 10:28pm

Tough to tell from this view-
Tough to tell from this view- I will be heading out to UBC sometime next week to ID some stuff and image some material from both the reference and my personal collection so I will look out for this species in their drawers (I don't have this one yet).
… Tim Loh, 3 February, 2011 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 3 February, 2011 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

now this looks like Metacolpodes buchanani
adventive e.Asian sp., not yet in the guide!
need good dorsal shots, guys... keep an eye out for them
… v belov, 3 February, 2011 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Had a couple of other photos,
but nothing any better. Will try to keep a look out for it again this year & get a better shot.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 4 February, 2011 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

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