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Say's Ground Beetle (Chlaenius pennsylvanicus)
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Chlaenius pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus
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Copyright © 2006
Simon Carmichael
Chlaenius pensylvanicus Say -
Chlaenius pennsylvanicus
Lac-St-Charles, Quebec County, Quebec, Canada
June 3, 2005
Size: 11 mm
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Contributed by
Simon Carmichael
on 24 September, 2006 - 1:09pm
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 7:08pm
Moved
Moved from
Say's Ground Beetle
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v belov
, 17 February, 2014 - 7:08pm
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Moved to C. pennsylvanicus
Moved from
Chlaenius
. to C. pennsylvanicus. In the species guide page, I mentioned that C. pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus is (apparently) the widespread subspecies.
I'm not a big fan of doing guide pages for subspecies unless there is a large difference in coloration, or something obvious like that. None of my references talk about other subspecies, so I think getting this to the species level is fine.
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Cotinis
, 24 September, 2006 - 1:40pm
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Thanks Patrick.
Since I couldn't confirm the subspecies (I only assumed it was C. pensylvanicus pensylvanicus), I changed my identification back to the species level.
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Simon Carmichael
, 24 September, 2006 - 2:35pm
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