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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Scaritinae » Clivinini » Ardistomina » Ardistomis » Ardistomis obliquata
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Ardistomis obliquata
Copyright © 2011 Katherine Parys

Ardistomis obliquata
Gramercy, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 23, 2009
Take by floating pitfall trap 16-30.vi.2009
det. M.L. Gimmel
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Contributed by Katherine Parys on 12 December, 2011 - 10:18am
Last updated 20 March, 2024 - 1:52pm

"Ardistomis" is deemed feminine by Bousquet (2012)
and so the recommended combination is Ardistomis "obliquata". Characteristic for this species is a pair of reddish spots on posterior elytra which are visible in image. This genus is separated from closely related Aspidoglossa and Semiardistomis by elytral stria being well-impressed and impunctate.
… Peter W. Messer, 25 December, 2012 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

cool! adding a plain dorsal shot would be most helpful
Katherine, could you please do that? dorsal habitus would be much more valuable for comparison purposes
… v belov, 12 December, 2011 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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