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Somewhat pale ground beetle - Stenolophus comma
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Somewhat pale ground beetle - Stenolophus comma
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
July 17, 2013
Size: 6.6 mm
It's similar to this individual, but a little darker:

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Contributed by Bob Webster on 23 August, 2013 - 1:07am
Last updated 27 August, 2021 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Stenolophina.
… v belov, 20 October, 2018 - 10:22am

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 12 October, 2013 - 5:38pm

Stenolophus (Agonoderus) comma
until someone convinces me otherwise. I have several pale (teneral) specimens of that species. Superficially closest of course to another OK species: S. (Agonoderus) lecontei.
… Peter W. Messer, 25 August, 2013 - 8:26pm

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