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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Harpalini » Anisodactylina » Anisodactylus » Subgenus Gynandrotarsus (Anisodactylus Subgenus Gynandrotarsus) » dulcicollis group (Anisodactylus dulcicollis group) » Anisodactylus opaculus
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Anisodactylus opaculus - female
Copyright © 2014 Iustin Cret

Anisodactylus opaculus - Female
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
June 20, 2014
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 20 June, 2014 - 9:54pm
Last updated 2 July, 2014 - 1:24pm

Nice
In this and other photos, you can clearly see the most important distinguishing character- moderately expanded first protarsomeres in the females.
… Curt Harden, 25 November, 2016 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice to see female protarsomere "strongly" expanded
in this species but not a unique character among female members of the subgenus: "strongly" so in A.(G.) harpaloides; "moderately" so in A.(G.) texanus. The relative terms "strongly" and "moderately" are after the key to species by Noonan (1973).
… Peter W. Messer, 26 November, 2016 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anisodactylus opaculus.
… v belov, 2 July, 2014 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 2 July, 2014 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Anisodactylus (Gynandrotarsus) opaculus (LeConte, 1863)
Anisodactylus (Gynandrotarsus) opaculus (LeConte, 1863) based on my microscopic examination of this female specimen which is deposited in the P.W.Messer collection as a photo-voucher. The very dull elytra (from strong microsculpture) helps distinguish this one within the subgenus. Thanks Iustin for this species contribution new to BugGuide.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 July, 2014 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Brad Barnd, 20 June, 2014 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

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