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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Cychrini » Scaphinotus » subgenus Brennus (Scaphinotus subgenus Brennus)
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Foggy morning under steeping stone. This animal had dug a pit under the stone. - Scaphinotus
Copyright © 2013 Paul Heiple

Foggy morning under steeping stone. This animal had dug a pit under the stone. - Scaphinotus
Portola Valley , San Mateo County, California, USA
January 24, 2013
Size: about 2 cm
Rather sure it is a Phengodidae but do not know the species.

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Foggy morning under steeping stone. This animal had dug a pit under the stone. - Scaphinotus Foggy morning under steeping stone. This animal had dug a pit under the stone. - Scaphinotus - female
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Contributed by Paul Heiple on 27 January, 2013 - 1:57pm
Last updated 28 January, 2013 - 9:33am

Scaphinotus (Brennus) sp. --det. D.H. Kavanaugh
Moved from Cychrini.
… v belov, 28 January, 2013 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; will seek expert opinion
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 27 January, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

carabid larva (cychrine?) pretending to be a silphid :]
nice one [though unrelated to phengodids] in any case; i'll ask around
… v belov, 27 January, 2013 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
As I check on this, I sure yo
As I check on this, I sure you are correct. The well developed antennae made me think it had to be an adult. I will be on the lookout for adults to confirm the species.
… Paul Heiple, 28 January, 2013 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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