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Photo#955766
tiny Carabid - Tachyura vernicata

tiny Carabid - Tachyura vernicata
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 11, 2014
This tiny beetle was on an old log floating in a beaver pond.

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Moved
Moved from Elaphropus.
Thanks Peter.

Elaphropus vernicatus
based on my microscopic examination of this specimen which is deposited in the P.W. Messer collection as a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.

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