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The Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland

By C. L Staines & S. L. Staines
Banisteria No. 38, 2011

Brief accounts on carabid species that were identified from specimens collected during survey of the property, comparison with species recorded from Quantico and Plummers Island, and first Maryland state records for Chlaenius erythropus and Clivina stratiopunctata.

PDF, VA Natural History Society website.

Contributed by Curt Harden on 4 January, 2016 - 8:45pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Gastrosticta (Pterostichus Subgenus Gastrosticta) » Pterostichus punctiventris

Notes on Pterostichus punctiventris (Chaudoir) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Arkansas, with a New State Record

By F.B.Hamilton, M.J.Skvarla, D.M.Fisher, A.P.G.Dowling
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 70(2):309-313, 2016

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 10 September, 2018 - 5:08pm

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On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini)

By Richard L. Hoffman
Banisteria No. 12, 1998

Virginia distribution data, habitat preferences, behavioral notes, and more:

Gastrellarius blanchardi
Pterostichus acutipes
Pterostichus lubricus (first published illustrations of the species)
Pterostichus patruelis
Pterostichus pensylvanicus
Pterostichus adstrictus (removed from state list)

PDF here

Contributed by Curt Harden on 12 January, 2016 - 7:04pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Abacetini » Oxycrepis » subgenus Loxandrus (Oxycrepis subgenus Loxandrus)

A revision of the genus Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in North America

By Allen R.T.
Entomologica Americana (N.S.) 46: 1–184, 1972

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Contributed by v belov on 2 September, 2020 - 6:39pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Woodland Ground Beetles (Pterostichini) » Pterostichus » Subgenus Anilloferonia (Pterostichus Subgenus Anilloferonia)

Pterostichus (Anilloferonia) diana LaBonte (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), a replacement name for P. lanei ...

By J.R. LaBonte
Zootaxa 3682(4): 563-571, 2013

Full title: Pterostichus (Anilloferonia) diana LaBonte (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), a replacement name for P. (A.) lanei (Hatch, 1935), and validity and rediscription of P. (A.) malkini (Hatch, 1953).

Excellent illustrations showing the distinguishing characters of the three species of Anilloferonia.

Contributed by Curt Harden on 20 March, 2021 - 9:31am

Review of the Nearctic species of the Holarctic subgenus Argutor (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

By Y. Bousquet, R. Webster
The Canadian Entomologist 136: 645-660, 2004

Abstract

Contributed by v belov on 2 May, 2011 - 4:19pm

On Some Carabidae, Including New Species, from the Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

By P. J. Darlington Jr.
Psyche, 1931

Includes: notes on several Cychrines endemic to the southern Appalachians, key to the species of Gastrellarius, key to the species of Pterostichus in the subgenus Monoferonia.

Species described:
+Scaphinotus (Maronetus) unistriatus
+Sphaeroderus 'multicarinatus'
+Nebria appalachia
+Gastrellarius unicarum
+Pterostichus primus
+Pterostichus carolinus carolinus
+Pterostichus carolinus fumorum

Available online here

Contributed by Curt Harden on 31 January, 2016 - 7:44pm

On Some Carabidae, Including New Species, from the Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

By P. J. Darlington Jr.
Psyche, 1931

Contributed by Curt Harden on 31 January, 2016 - 7:43pm

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