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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Harpalina » Selenophorus
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Small brown Beetle - Selenophorus
Copyright © 2011 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Small brown Beetle - Selenophorus
San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
August 1, 2011
Size: approx 4-6 mm
comes to light at night, Sonoran Desert area, several of these around the area, some appear to possibly have a point at the posterior lateral edges of the pronotum
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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 8 December, 2011 - 12:28pm
Last updated 18 February, 2019 - 12:54pm

Moved
I think I can make out those serial punctures on the far side of the elytra...

Moved from Harpalini.
… Jonathan W. Quist, 18 February, 2019 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

Selenophorus?
Size and general appearance look right to me
… Eric Moody, 8 December, 2011 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Carabidae, Harpalinae
Looks familiar but cannot remember.
… Blaine Mathison, 8 December, 2011 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

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