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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Platynini » Platynus » subgenus Platynus (Platynus subgenus Platynus) » Platynus decentis
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carabid - Platynus or Agonum or something else...? - Platynus decentis
Copyright © 2013 roar

carabid - Platynus or Agonum or something else...? - Platynus decentis
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 2, 2013
Size: 13mm
Under bark.
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Contributed by roar on 2 September, 2013 - 3:46pm
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 9:05pm

Moved
Moved from Platynus.
… v belov, 8 April, 2014 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

At or near Platynus decentis
looking afar of course. I believe "Platynus indecentis", also in PA, appears superficially the same.
… Peter W. Messer, 4 September, 2013 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 September, 2013 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks more like P. decentis t
Looks more like P. decentis to me; the laterobasal area of the pronotum on P. indecentis is nearly flat, not deeply impressed, and impunctate. The former species commonly overwinters under bark in forested areas; the latter will be under bark on logs in bogs and marshes.
… Bob Nelson, 25 February, 2014 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

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