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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Anisodactylina » Notiobia » Notiobia purpurascens
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black ground beetle - Notiobia purpurascens
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

black ground beetle - Notiobia purpurascens
Organ Mountains foothills, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 6, 2006
Size: about 8 mm
Came to UV lights on greasewood/mesquite/cactus incline below jagged spires of the Organ Mountains.

Both the dorsal and ventral views are a montage of two photos each to maximize the in-focus areas. I clone-stamped a lot of specks off this image but left the cruddy-looking stuff hanging out the back end. Is this a fresh load of frass or some kind of egg mass?

Note the fairly abrupt joining of two stria near the anterior end of the elytral suture.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 September, 2006 - 6:04pm
Last updated 29 November, 2018 - 10:46am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Notiobia.
… v belov, 29 November, 2018 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Harpalini.
… v belov, 18 November, 2009 - 12:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Harpalinae.
… v belov, 28 March, 2009 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Much thanks, Belov.
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 29 March, 2009 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

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