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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Chlaeniini » Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles (Chlaenius) » subgenus Chlaenius (Chlaenius subgenus Chlaenius) » Chlaenius sericeus
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Bright green carabid - Chlaenius sericeus
Copyright © 2006 Ethan Friedman

Bright green carabid - Chlaenius sericeus
Hickory Hill Farm, near Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, USA
July 2, 2005
Size: 18mm
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Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 7 May, 2006 - 10:02am
Last updated 1 February, 2008 - 12:47pm

Carabidae: Chlaenius sericeus
Probably C. sericeus.
… Donald S. Chandler, 7 May, 2006 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
With the genus in hand, I tried keying out with Downie & Arnett; only two spp. fit the description: C. sericeus and C. augustus. (the two differ as far as I can tell, in an obscure characteristic of the shape of the metepisternum which I can't make out.)

Based on your ID and the fact that sericeus seems much more common, I think that's almost certainly the correct ID.
… Ethan Friedman, 7 May, 2006 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

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