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Identification Guide to Florida Carabidae (including tiger beetles, Cicindelini) 1

1.This is an original pre-publication manuscript, not for general dissemination or reproduction. This copy may be used as

instructional material in an insect ID laboratory exercise.

Manual for the Identification of the Ground Beetles(Coleoptera: Carabidae) (including tiger beetles) of

FloridaP. M. Choate 2001

Pasimachus sublaevis Pasimachus marginatus

Pasimachus floridanus Pasimachus subsulcatus


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The Ground Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae) 2

IntroductionOne of the most intimidating tasks challenging

an aspiring entomologist is the identification of spe-cies within a family as diverse as ground beetles. Re-gional faunal works have dealt with northeasternstates (Blatchley 1910, Downie and Arnett 1996, andLindroth 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969a, 1969b) andthe northwest (Hatch 1953). Accurate identificationof specimens collected south of New England becomesa challenge, even at the generic level. My intent here

is to provide keys to identify genera of ground beetles(including tiger beetles) found or likely to be found inFlorida, then provide as many species keys as possi-ble. When necessary, problematic species complexesare indicated, with suggestions for further study.

The inclusion of potentially occurring species is acontroversial topic. Where does one draw the line forexclusion? I have based potential species occurencesin Florida upon my own personal collecting experienc-es in Georgia, Alabama, and the southern Appalachianmountains. I have also indicated my best guess as tothe likelihood that certain species will be found.

Literature citations are included here for many

references that may not seem directly applicable tothis work. However, for the beginning student, locat-ing literature is a major obstacle. Therefore, as a ser-vice to aspiring students of ground beetle taxonomy Ihave included a wide variety of references that maysimplify literature searches in the future.

Preliminary aspects of a faunal study necessarilyinvolve literature records. Many records may ultimate-ly prove false, being based upon misidentified speci-mens. But these records are needed to identify newstate records, and to provide species lists that are to beused in modern revisions. Therefore, Choate (1990 )listed Florida species without attempting to validatetheir actual presence. Actual specimens seen by mehave greatly increased the number listed (Choate, loc.ci t.). Many new species await description. Large por-tions of the state remain unsurveyed, and undoubted-ly will produce new records. Most new generic recordshave come from the panhandle of Florida, and thesefrom only a few selected sites. Generic keys have notbeen available specifically for Florida Carabidae. How-ever, modifications of recent keys (Ball 1968, Reichardt1977, Erwin & Sims 1984) should permit most gener-

ic determinations. Works by Lindroth (1961, 1963,1966, 1968, 1969a, 1969b) are useful for many speciesdeterminations, but must be used with the knowledgethat genera and species occur in F lorida that are notcovered in his volumes on Canada and Alaska. Specieskeys for Florida genera are virtually non-existent ex-cept as part of recent revisions of some genera. Whenrelevant such species keys are listed. I have modifiedextant keys or manufactured species keys to fit theFlorida fauna.

Two major checklists have dealt with Florida Car-abidae. Schwarz (1878) listed 150 species for F lorida.Leng (1915) increased the list to 262 species (exclud-ing Cicindelidae). Adjacent states of Georgia and Ala-bama had their ground beetle fauna listed by Fattig(1949) and Loding (1945) respectively. A more recentlisting of North American Carabidae (Erwin et al .1977) listed 267 species for Florida, but this list hadmany omissions. Bousquet and Larochelle (1993) list-ed 373 species. They also dealt with doubtful recordsand made decision regarding the likelihood of suchrecords being validated. Therefore their list may beconsidered the most recent attempt at accurately por-

traying the known F lorida ground beetle fauna com-position. However, much remains to be completed be-fore the ground beetle fauna of Florida is as well knownas that of Canada and Alaska as published by Lin-droth (loc. cit .).

Materials and MethodsI repeat here species literature records for Florida

listed by me (Choate 1990), and as added by Bousquet(loc. ci t.). Carabidae (sensu str ictu) are presented un-der their currently accepted tribal ranking (Ball 1968,Reichardt 1977, Bousquet and Larochelle 1993). Lit-erature records are listed without species description

date, but with literature citation involving the speciesrecord for F lorida. Species are listed as they were pre-sented in their respective literature. Synonyms arenot listed, but may be found in more recent revision.

Tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) were previously omittedfrom this list, but are included here. The word Revfollowing a generic name indicates that a recent revi-sion exists by the author(s) cited.

Keys are provided for tribes of ground beetles (in-cluding subfamily Cicindelinae), then followed by ge-

The ground beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae)including tiger beetles, tribe Cicindelini

2003 P. M. Choate1

Dept. Entomology and NematologyUniversity of Florida, Gainesvil le 32611

email: [email protected]


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neric, and where possible, species keys. In many casesit has been possible to provide a dorsal habitus photo-graph which may simplify the identification process.Most genera of Florida ground beetles are recogniz-able from photographs, especially when compared withother genera and their photographs. Most F lorida ti-ger beetles may be identified to species from photo-graphs. In keeping with popular trends I list the tiger

beetles as a subfamily of Carabidae. This popular groupof beetles is presented first following tribal and gener-ic keys. Then individual species keys are provided formost Florida genera. Distribution maps, host records,collection tips, and seasonal distribution are providedfor each species when known. A detailed list of speci-mens seen is not presented, but location of materialand summary statements are given for each species.Localities are plotted on F lorida maps as closely aspossible to exact sites.

List of genera of ground beetles (includingCicindelinae) known or expected to occur in

Florida

RhysodiniClinidium KirbyOmoglymmius Ganglbauer

CicindeliniCicindelaLinnaeusMegacephala Latreille

CarabiniCarabus LinnaeusCalosoma Weber

Cychrini

Sphaeroderus Dejean (new record)ScaphinotusLatreille

ElaphriniE laphrusFabricius

OmophroniniOmophronLatreille

NebriiniNebriaLatreille (not yet recorded from Florida but may

possibly be found on panhandle rivers)

NotiophiliniN oti ophil usDumeril

ScaritiniPasimachus BonelliScari tesFabriciusDyschir iusBonelliClivina LatreilleH alocoryzaAlluaudSchizogenius PutzeysOx ydrepanus PutzeysA rdistomisPatzeysA spidoglossaPutzeys

BembidiiniMioptachys Bates

TachytaK irbyE laphropusMotschulskyPeri compsus LeConteTachysStephensParatachys CaseyPolyderisMotschulskyL ymnasti sMotschulsky (Cuba)Micratopus Casey

A nil li nusCaseyStylulusSchaufussBembidionLatreille

PogoniniD iplochaetusChaudoirPerileptusSchaum (Cuba)

PatrobiniPatrobus DejeanNomiusLaporte (SC,GA, Florida Keys)

MorioniniMorionLatreille

LoxandriniL oxandrusLeConte

PterostichiniN eomyasAllenPterostichus Bonelli

s.g. L ophoglossus L eConte

s.g. Poecil us SamouellePiesmus LeConteA bacidusLeConteEvarthrusLeConte

ZabriniAmaraBonelli

HarpaliniAmerinusCasey (Miss, FL; Torreya St.Park )

BradycellusErichsonStenolophus StephensA cupalpusLatreilleN oti obiaPertyA ni sodactylus DejeanGeopinus LeConteA mphasiaNewmanCratacanthus DejeanHa.rpalusLatreilleEpiscopellusCasey (SC, to be looked for in northern

forests, panhandle)

TrichotichnusMorawitzSelenophorus Dejean

A throstictusBates (Mexl CA,, intercepted in Miami)D iscoderus LeConteGynandropus DejeanA mblygnathus DejeanStenomorphus Dejean

LicininiD iplochei laBrulleD icaelusBonelliBadisterClairville

Panagaeini


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PanagaeusLatreilleCoptiaBrulle (Cuba)

ChlaeniniChlaeniusBonelli

OodiniOodesBonelliStenocrepisChaudoirA natri chisLeConte

EvolenesLeConteDercylinusChaudoir (LA)

CtenodactyliniL eptotrachelusLatreille

OdacanthiniColliurisDegeer

PentagoniciniPentagonica Schmidt-Goebel

PlatyniniA gonumBonelliOlisthopus DejeanPlatynusBonelliA tranusLeConteRhadine LeConteSynuchusGyllenhal (GA)CalathusBonelliPr i st onychus

Tetraleucus CaseyCyclosomini

Tetragonoderus DejeanLebiini

CymindisLatreilleA penesLeContePinacodera SchaumSomotrichusSeidlitz (intercepted in Florida)

Phl oeoxenaChaudoirCoptodera DejeanMochtherusSchmidt-GoebelL elis

CalleidaLatreilleEuprocti nusLeng & MutchlerOnotaChaudoirPlochionus DejeanN emotarsusLeConteL ebiaLatreillePhilorhizus Hope

= DromiusBonelliPerigonini

Perigona LaporteLachnophorini

Euphorti rusHornCalybe Castelnau

= EgaLaporteEucaerusLeConte

A pristusChaudoir (Cuba, NC)A xinopalpusLeConte (ALA)MicrolestesSchmidt-Goebel

Zuphiini

ThalpiusLeContePseudaptinus LaporteZuphiumLatreille

GaleritiniGaleri taFabricius

HelluoniniH elluomorphoides Ball

Pseudomorphini

PseudomorphaKirby (SC,GA,ALA,LA)Brachinini

Brachinus Weber

Florida Carabidae Species List(Published records, including Cicindelini)

Tribe Cicindelini(See pages 22-25)

Tribe OmophroniniO m o p h r o n Latreille, 1802 (Key: L indroth 1961)

americanumDejean [Choate & Rogers 1976: 364]lab ia tum(Fabricius) [Schwarz 1878: 435]

Tribe CarabiniC a l o so m a Weber, 1801(Key: Gidaspow 1959)

sayiDejean [L eng 1915: 565]scrutatorFabricius [Ibid.]splendidumMannerheim [Ibid.]

C a r a b u s L innaeus, 1758 (Key: Lindroth 1961)sylvosusSay L eng 1915: 546vinctusgeorgiaeCsiki Harris & Whitcomb 1974: 99

Tribe CychriniS c a p h i n o t u s Dejean, 1826 (Key: L indroth 1961)

unicolorFabricius Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977:6ssp. f lo r idanusLeng Harris & Whitcomb 1974:97

elevatusf lo r idanusLeng Leng 1915: 564v iduusDejean Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977:6

Tribe NotiophiliniN o t i o p h i l u s Dumeril , 1806 (Key: Lindroth 1961)

novemstr iatusLeConte Leng 1915: 565

Tribe ElaphriniE l a p h r u s Fabricius (Rev: Goulet 1983)

ruscar iusSay Goulet 1983: 371cal i fornicusMannerheim Ibid.: 373

Tribe ScaritiniP a s i m a c h u s Bonelli, 1813(Key: Banninger 1950)

marg inatus(Fabricius) Schwarz 1878: 435f lo r idanusCasey Casey 1913: 79subsulcatusSay Schwarz 1878: 435

ssp. subnitensCasey Casey 1913: 79opacipennisCasey Casey 1913: 80sublaevisDejean Schwarz 1878: 435strenuusLeConte Ibid.

ssp. robustusCasey Casey 1913: 78depressusFabricius Leng 1920: 47


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S c a r i t e s Fabricius, 1801subterraneusFabricius Schwarz 1878: 435substr iatusHaldeman Schwarz 1878: 435cal i fornicusLeConte Ibid.alternansChandoir Leng 1915: 567pat rue l isLeConte Erwin, Whitehead,& Ball 1977:6

D y sc h i r i u s Bonell i, 1810 (Keys: Lindroth, 1961; White-head, 1969a; Bousquet 1988)pum i lusDejean Leng 1915: 568falcigerLeConte Schwarz 1878: 435pal l ipenn isSay L eng 1915: 568sphaericoll isSay Ibid.erythrocerusLeConte Schwarz 1878: 435haemorrho ida l isDejean Ibid.globulosusSay Ibid.f i l i f o rm isLeConte Ibid.sublaevisPutzeys Ibid.sellatusLeConte Ibid.dentigerLeConte Whitehead 1969a: 186t e rminatusLeConte Lindroth 1961: 136abbreviatusPutzeys Whitehead 1969: 185edentulusPutzeys Whitehead 1969: 182

exochusWhitehead Frank 1985: 481curv ispinusPutzeys Blatchley 1925: 161sculptusBousquet Bousquet 1988: 370larochelleiBousquet Ibid.: 374comatusBousquet Ibid.: 378

C l i v i n a Latreille, 1802 (No comprehensive species keys)moru laLeConte Leng 1915: 569americanaDejean Schwarz 1878: 435st r iatopunctataDejean Ibid.: 435bipustulata(Fabricius) Ibid.dentipesDejean Ibid.cordataPutzeys Ibid.r u f aLeConte Ibid.

rub icundaLeConte Ibid.piceaPutzeys Ibid.f lo r idaeCsiki E rwin, Whitehead, & Ball 1977: 13picipesPutzeys Schwarz 1878: 435sulc ipennisPutzeys Erwin, Whitehead, & Ball 1977:

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S c h i z o g e n i u s Putzeys, 1846 (Rev: Whitehead 1972)salleiPutzeys Schwarz 1878: 435ferrugineusPutzeys Ibid.l i nd ro t h iWhitehead Whitehead 1972: 199

O x y d r ep a n u s Putzeys, 1866r u f usPutzeys Darlington 1935: 162

A r d i st o m i s Putzeys, 1846obl iquataPutzeys Schwarz 1878: 435v i r i d i s Say Ibid.punct icol l isPutzeys Ibid.schaumiiLeConte Ibid.mor io(Dejean) Leng 1915: 571

A s p i d o g l o s s a Putzeys, 1846subangulataChaudoir Schwarz 1878: 435

H a l o c o r y z a Allaud, 1919arenar ia(Darlington) Whitehead 1969b: 36

Tribe Rhysodini(Rev: Bell 1970; Bell&Bell 1982, 1985)

C l i n i d i u m Kirby, 1835balduf iBell Bell 1970: 313sculpt i le(Newman) Bell & Bell 1985: 92

O m o g l y m m i u s Ganglbauer, 1892americanus(Castelnau) Bell & Bell 1982: 144

Tribe PatrobiniP a t r o b u s Dejean, 1821

longicornisSay Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977: 25

Tribe Bembidiini(Rev. Genera: Erwin 1974b)

M i o p t a c h y s Bates, 1882f lav icauda(Say) Schwarz 1878: 438

T a c h y t a K irby, 1837 (Rev: Erwin 1975)nanaGyllenhal Schwarz 1878: 438

ssp. inornata(Say) Erwin 1975: 45parv icornisNotman Erwin 1975: 50

P a r a t a c h y s Casey, 1918albipes(LeConte)Schwarz 1878: 438columbiensis(Hayward) Ibid.pum i lus(Dejean) Leng 1915: 574sci tu lus(LeConte) Ibid.ventricosus(LeConte) Schwarz 1878: 438corruscus(LeConte) Leng 1915: 574aenescensMotschulsky Schwarz 1878: 438

P o l y d e r i s Motschulsky, 1862laevis(Say) Schwarz 1878: 438

M i c r a t o p u s Casey, 1914aenescens(LeConte) Barr 1971: 33

E l a p h r o p u s Motschulsky, 1839fuscicornis(Chaudoir) Leng 1915: 573grana r ius(Dejean) Schwarz 1878:438xanthopus(Dejean) Ibid.incurvus(Say) Ibid.capax(LeConte) Leng 1920: 53fatuaCasey Ibid.

A n i l l i n u s Casey, 1918dohrn i(Ehlers) Leng 1915: 573

P e r i c o m p s u s LeConte, 1851 (Rev: Erwin 1974a)ephippiatus(Say) Erwin 1974a: 41

T a c h y s Stephens, 1829bradycel l inusHayward Leng 1915: 574l i t o ra l i sCasey

=occultatorCasey Leng 1915: 574pa l l i dusChaudoir Schwarz 1878: 438


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The Ground Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Carabidae) 6B e m b i d i o n Latreil le, 1802

contractumSay Schwarz 1878: 437constrictumLeConte Leng 1915: 572versicolorLeConte Schwarz 1878: 437laevigatumSay L eng 1915: 573f raternumLeConte Ibid.assimi leGyllenhal I bid.confusumHayward Choate & Rogers 1976aenulumHayward Choate & Miliotis 1979af f ineSay Schwarz 1878: 437picipesK irby Blatchley 1920: 259prosperumCasey Casey 1918: 122luculentumCasey Ibid.v i r id ico l leLaferte Lindroth 1963: 374

Tribe Pogonini(Rev. Bousquet and Laplante, 1997)

D i p l o c h a e t u s Chaudoir, 1871lecontei(Horn) Leng 1915: 575

Tribe Panagaeini(Rev: Ogueta 1966)

P a n a g a e u s Latreille, 1804

crucigerus(Say) Schwarz 1878: 435fasciatus(Say) L eng 1915: 571

Tribe Morionini(Rev: Allen 1968)

M or i onLatreil le, 1810moni l icorn isLatreil le Schwarz 1878: 435

Tribe PterostichiniP t e r o st i c h u s Bonelli, 1810

ebeninusDejean Schwarz 1878: 436erythropusDejean Leng 1915: 575

L o p h o g l o ss u s LeConte 1852

(Rev. Will, 1999)haldemani(LeConte) Ibid.t a r tar icus(LeConte) Schwarz 1878: 436

G a s t r o st i c t a Casey, 1918(Rev. Bousquet 1992)

vent ra l is(Say) L eng 1915: 576

obesulus(LeConte) 1873Pi esm u sLeConte, 1852

submarginatus (Say) 1823:45

A b a c i d u s LeConte, 1873f a l lax(Dejean) Leng 1915: 575permundus(Say) Ibid.

E v a r t h r u s LeConte, 1852 (Rev: Freitag 1969)=CyclotrachelusChaudoir 1838 Bousquet 1984obsoletus(Say) Schwarz 1878: 436laevipennis(LeConte) Ibid.mor ioDejean Schwarz 1878: 436approximatus(Leconte) Leng 1915: 577faber(Germar) Schwarz 1878: 436seximpressusLeConte Ibid.americanusDejean Ibid.nonnitensLeConte Ibid.engelmanniLeConte Leng 1915: 577

ovulumChaudoir Freitag 1969: 118s ig i l la tus(Say) Ibid.: 133unicolorSay Ibid.: 110f lor idensisFreitag Ibid.: 132blatchleyiCasey Casey 1918: 360hernandensisVan Dyke Van Dyke 1943: 26brevoortiLeConte Freitag 1969 114

L o x a n d r u s LeConte, 1852 (Rev: Al len 1972)reflexusLeConte Schwarz 1878: 436ca la th inusLeconte Ibid.f lo r idanusLeconte Ibid.brevicol l is(LeConte) Leng 1915: 578errat icusDejean Schwarz 1878: 436celerisDejean Ibid.ag i l i sDejean Ibid.rectusSay Leng 1915: 578crenatus(Leconte) Schwarz 1878: 436rectangulusLeConte Ibid.prav i tubusAllen Allen 1972: 72uni lobusAl len Ibid.: 76gibbusAllen Ibid.: 146velocipesCasey Ibid.: 136

la tera l isCasey Casey 1918: 381curs i tansCasey Ibid: 387comptusCasey Ibid.contumaxCasey Ibid.: 388sutura l isCasey Ibid.: 384mundusCasey Ibid.: 385concinnusCasey Ibid.: 391breviusculusCasey Casey 1924: 80brunneusBlatchleyBlatchley 1918: 417f l av i l imbusBlatchley Ibid.n i t i d u l u s (LeConte) Allen 1972: 150saphyr inusChaudoir Blatchley 1918: 417un i f o rm isAllen Allen 1972: 130vi t iosusAllen I bid.: 115

aduncusAllen Ibid.: 96r ossiAllen Ibid.: 106taeniatusLeConte Ibid.: 84minu tusAllen Ibid.: 134cervicalisCasey Ibid.: 98veloxDejean Schwarz 1878: 436

C a l a t h u s Bonelli, 1810gregar iusDejean L eng 1915: 581opaculusLeconte Harris & Whitcomb 1974: 99

O l i s t h o p u s Dejean, 1828parmatus(Say) L eng 1915: 582

A g o n u m Bonelli, 1809decorumSay Schwarz 1878: 436f lo r idanusLeConte Ibid.

=elongatulum(Dejean) Liebherr 1986;aeruginosumDejean Leng 1915: 581punct i formeSay Schwarz 1878: 436octopunctatumFabricius Ibid.pict icorneNewman Leng 1915: 582nutansSay Ibid.grav idu lumCasey Casey 1920: 59coll isumCasey Ibid.


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cal i fornicumDejean Erwin, Whitehead & Ball1977:26

st r iatopunctatumDejean Leng 1915: 582crenulatumLeConte Ibid.l imba tusSay Ibid.sulcipenneHorn Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977: 28

P l a t y n u s Bonelli, 1809 (Rev: Lindroth 1966; Whitehead1973)cinct icol l isSay L eng 1915: 581jonesiBarr Choate & Rogers 1976: 364

Tribe LACHNOPHORINIE g aCastelnau, 1834

salleiChevrolat Schwarz 1878: 435

E u p h o r t i c u s Horn, 1881pubescens, Dejean Ibid.

E u c a e r u s LeConte, 1853 Ball & H ilchie 1983var icornisLeConte Schwarz 1878: 435

Tribe AMARINIA m a r a Bonell i, 1810

impunc t ico l l i s(Say) L eng 1915: 577musculus(Say) Ibid.crassispinaLeConte Ibid.

Tribe PERIGONINIP e r i g o n a Castelnau, 1835

nigricepsDejean Schwarz 1878: 436

Tribe CHLAENIINIC h l a e n i u s Bonelli, 1809 (Rev: Bell 1960)

herbaceusChevrolat Schwarz 1878: 437erythropusGermar I bid.fuscicornisDejean Ibid.

la t ico l l i sSay Ibid.aestivusSay Ibid.augustusNewman Ibid.pras inusDejean Ibid.nemoral isSay Ibid.t r icolorDejean Ibid.f lo r idanusHorn Ibid.pennsylvanicusSay Ibid.perplexusDejean Ibid.maxi l losusHorn Ibid.nigerRandall I bid.

ssp. ludovic ianaLeng Leng 1915: 592impunc t i f ronsSay Ibid: 593tomentosusSay Ibid:

emarginatusSay Schwarz 1878: 437pus i l lusSay L eng 1915: 593amoenusDejean Bell 1960: 106sericeus(Forster) Bell 1960: 123oxygonusChaudoir Bell 1960: 140pert inaxCasey Casey 1920: 295

Tribe OODINI(Rev. Bousquet, 1996)

O o d e s Bonelli, 1809amaroidesDejean Schwarz 1878: 437para l le lus(Say) Ibid.

americanusDejean Ibid.

S t e n o c r ep i s Chaudoir, 1857duodecimstr iata(Chevrolat) Schwarz 1878: 437quatuordecimstr iataChaudoir Ibid.cupreaChaudoir Ibid.

A n a t r i c h i s LeConte, 1853 (Rev: Spence 1982)minu taDejean Schwarz 1878: 437

O o d i n u s Motschulsky, 1864 (Rev: Spence 1982)piceaHorn Leng 1915: 593

E v o l e n e s LeConte, 1853exaratusDejean L eng 1915: 594

Tribe LICININI(Rev: Ball, 1959, 1992)

D i p l o c h e i l a Brulle, 1834la t ico l l i sLeConte Leng 1915: 579majorLeConte Schwarz 1878: 437nuperaCasey Casey 1897: 347

D i c a e l u s Bonelli, 1813 (Rev: Ball, 1959)crenatusLeConte Leng 1915: 580ambiguusLaferte Ball 1959: 113purpura tusBonelli Leng 1915: 580

ssp. quadratusLeConte Ibid.: 158ssp. dar l ing ton iFall Fall 1932: 19-20, Ball,

1959:159quadratusLeConte Schwarz 1878: 437car inatusDejean Ibid.: 437alternansDejean Ibid.elongatusDejean Ibid.subtropicusCasey Casey 1913: 151pol i tusDejean Leng 1915: 580f u rvus

Say Ibid.di la ta tusSay Ball 1959: 126costatusLeConte Ibid.: 166

B a d i s t e r Clairville, 1802 (Rev: Ball 1959)elegansLeConte Leng 1915: 580micansLeconte Schwarz 1878: 436reflexusLeConte Leng 1915: 581f lavipesLeConte Schwarz 1878: 436macula tusLeConte Ball 1959: 208lat icepsBlatchley Leng 1920: 62

Tribe HARPALINIB r a d y c el l u s Erichson, 1837

rupestr isSay Leng 1915: 599t an t i l l usChaudoir Ibid.nigricepsLeConte Ibid.veronianusCasey Casey 1924: 142

S t e n o l o p h u s Dejean, 1829conjunctusSay L eng 1915: 599spretusDejean Schwarz 1878: 437plebejusDejean Ibid.ochropezusSay Ibid.infuscatus(Dejean) Ibid.carbonar iusDejean Blatchley 1918: 419


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A c u p a l p u s L atreille, 1829testaceus(Dejean) Schwarz 1878: 437pauperculus(Dejean) Leng 1915: 599longu lusDejean Blatchley 1914: 63f l av i l imbusLeConte Ibid.rectangulusChaudoir Hamilton 1894: 251

N o t i o b i a Perty, 1830 (Rev: Noonan 1973)ni t id ipenn is(LeConte) Schwarz 1878: 437t e rminata(Say) Ibid.piceaLeConte Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977: 46

A n i s o d a c t y l u s Dejean, 1829 (Rev: Noonan 1973)lod ing i iSchaeffer L eng 1915: 599rust icusDejean Ibid.meru laGermar Schwarz 1878: 437laetusDejean Ibid.harpaloidesLaferte Noonan 1973: 360haplomusChaudoir I bid.: 363

C r a t a c a n t h u s Dejean, 1829subovalisCasey Casey 1914: 59

H a r p a l u s L atreille, 1802erythropusDejean Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977:

48af f in isSchrank Lindroth 1968: 768cal ig inosusFabricius Ibid.pensylvanicusDeGeer Schwarz 1878: 437texanusCasey Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977: 48fulgensCsiki L indroth 1968: 811bicolorFabricius L indroth 1968: 763herbivagusSay Ibid.

S el e n o p h o r u s Dejean, 1829opal inusLeConte Schwarz 1878: 437gagat inusDejean Slosson 1895: 9pedicular isDejean Leng 1915: 597depressulusCasey Blatchley 1918: 419v ig i lansCasey Casey 1914: 137fossulatusDejean Schwarz 1878: 437pa l l i a t usFabriciusSlosson 1895: 9f a tuusLeConte Leng 1915: 597mustusCasey Casey 1914: 152t repidusCasey Casey 1924: 117el l ipt icusDejean Leng 1915: 598st igmosusGermar I bid.discopunctatusPutzeys Darlington 1935: 162

G y n a n d r o p u s Dejean, 1831hylaciselongatusLeConte Schwarz 1878: 437

A m bl y g n a t h u s Dejean, 1829 (Rev: Ball & Maddison1987)mexicanusBates Ibid.

=delumbis(Casey) Casey 1914: 140i r ipenn is(Say) Slosson 1895: 9subt inctus(LeConte) Schwarz 1878: 437

Tribe CyclosominiT e t r a g o n o d e r u s Dejean, 1829 (Key: L indroth 1969a)

intersectusGermar Schwarz 1878: 436

fasciatusHaldeman Choate & Rogers 1976: 364

Tribe Pentagonicini(Rev: Reichardt 1968)

P e n t a g o n i c a Schmidt-Goebel, 1846f lavipesLeConte Leng 1915: 589nigr icorn isDarlington Darlingtron 1934: 121

Tribe OdacanthiniC ol l i u r i s DeGeer, 1774 (Key: L indroth 1969a)

pensylvanica(L.) Leng 1915: 583ludovic ianaSalle Schwarz 1878: 435

Tribe CtenodactyliniL ep t o t r a c h el u s L atreille, 1829

dorsal isFabricius Schwarz 1878: 435depressusBlatchley Blatchley 1923: 15

Tribe LebiiniN em o t a r s u s LeConte, 1853

elegansLeConte Schwarz 1878: 436

L eb i a Latreille, 1802 (Rev: Madge 1967)

t r icolor(Say) Schwarz 1878: 436pulchel laDejean Ibid.marg in ico l l i sDejean Ibid.v i r i d i s Say Ibid.rhodopusSchwarz I bid.pum i laDejean Leng 1915: 585pectitaHorn Madge 1967: 193lectaHorn Horn 1885: 131v i r id ipenn isDejean Schwarz 1878: 436lobulataLeConte Ibid.ornataSay L eng 1915: 586co l la r isDejean Schwarz 1878: 436ana l i sDejean Leng 1915: 586fuscataDejean Schwarz 1878: 436

abdomina l isChaudoir Ibid.scapular is(Dejean) Ibid.v i t ta ta(Fabricius) Leng 1915: 586furcata(LeConte) Schwarz 1878: 436chloropteraChaudoir Leng 1915: 586;

Chaudoir 1835: 437nigr ipenn isDejean Blatchley 1920: 260at r ivent r isSay Madge 1967: 153soleaHentz Ibid.: 187

C o p t o d e r a Dejean, 1825 (Rev: Ball 1975)aerataDejean Leng 1915: 587

P h l o e o x e n a Chaudoir, 1869 (Rev: Ball 1975)

signataDejean Schwarz 1878: 436

D r o m i u s Bonelli, 1810atricepsLeConte Blatchley 1928: 61

C a l l e i d a Dejean, 1825purpureaSay L eng 1915: 587f u lg idaDejean Schwarz 1878: 436decoraFabricius Ibid.s t r ia taCasey Casey 1913: 177v i r id ipenn isSay Schwarz 1878: 436


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punctataLeConte Erwin, Whitehead & Ball 1977:59

P h i l o p h u g a Motschulsky, 1859 (Rev: Larson 1969)v i r id ico l l i sLeconte Leng 1915: 588

E u p r o ct i n u s Leng & Mutchler, 1927(Rev:Shpeley 1986)t r iv i t ta ta(LeConte) LeConte 1878: 373

P l o c h i o n u s Dejean, 1825discoideusSchaupp Schaupp 1880: 86amandusNewman Newman 1840 32v i t ta tusLeConte LeConte 1844: 48pal lensFabricius Leng 1915: 588t im i dusHaldeman Schwarz 1878: 435bicolorNotman Notman 1919: 234

P i n a c o d er a Schaum, 1857l imba taDejean L eng 1915: 588pla t ico l l i sSay Schwarz 1878: 436

ssp. fuscataDejean Ibid.complanataDejean Dejean 1826: 224at r ipenn isCasey Casey 1920: 284

C y m i n d i s L atreille, 1805elegansLeConte Leng 1915: 588plan ipenn isLeConte Ibid.: 589

A p e n e s LeConte, 1851angustataSchwarz Schwarz 1878: 354sinuataSay Schwarz 1878: 436opacaLeConte Ibid.

O n o t a Chaudoir, 1872f lo r idanaHorn Horn 1881: 159

Tribe DryptiniP s e u d a p t i n u s Castelnau, 1834lecontei(Dejean) Schwarz 1878: 435

T h a l p i u s Leconte, 1851pygmaeusDejean Schwarz 1878: 435dorsal isBrulle Leng 1915: 584

Tribe GaleritiniG a l er i t a Fabricius, 1801 (Rev: Reichardt 1967; Ball &

Nimmo 1983)janusFabricius Schwarz 1878: 435leconteiDejean Schwarz 1878: 435bicolorDrury Leng 1915: 583

ssp. obl iquataCasey

Tribe AgriiniA g r a Fabricius, 1801 Leng 1915: 584

(Reported with doubt by Leng, l oc. ci t)

Tribe ZuphiiniZ u p h i u m Latreille, 1806 (Rev: Mateu 1981)

americanumDejean Mateu 1981: 118

Tribe HelluoniniH el l u o m o r p h o i d es Ball, 1951 (Rev: Ball 1956)

ferrugineus(LeConte) Leng 1915: 589praeustus(Dejean) Schwarz 1878: 435

ssp. bicolorHarris Ball 1956: 80ssp. f lo r idanusBall Ball 1956: 80

c la i rv i l le i(Dejean) L eng 1915: 589

Tribe BrachininiB r a c h i n u s Weber, 1801 (Rev: Erwin 1970)

alternansDejean Leng 1915: 590

americanusLeConte Ibid.f umansFabricius Schwarz 1878: 435quadr ipenn isDejean Ibid.cordicol l isDejean Ibid.la tera l isDejean Schwarz 1878: 435puberulusChaudoir Leng 1915: 590cyanipennisSay Ibid.adust ipennisErwin E rwin 1970: 81v i r id ipenn isDejean Ibid.: 90perplexusDejean Ibid.: 141texanusChaudoir Ibid.: 60tenuicol l isLeConte Ibid.: 123sublaevisChaudoir Ibid.: 149neglectusLeConte Ibid.: 110

ichabodopsisErwin I bid.: 150oxygonusChaudoir Ibid.: 151vulcanoidesErwin I bid.: 155conformisDejean Ibid.: 119rug ipenn isChaudoir Ibid.: 91

DiscussionLiterature records of Florida Carabidae number

380 species in 87 genera. For comparison, Loding (1945)listed 345 species from Alabama, and Fattig (1949)listed 531 species from Georgia. I have seen specimensof 420 species, including many undescribed forms. Atleast 12 additional genera are known to occur in Flor-

ida (personal collection). Therefore, I estimate the Flor-ida carabid fauna to consist of between 450 and 500species.

Recent Florida faunal lists of Coleoptera includeScarabaeidae (Woodruff 1973) and Staphylinidae(Frank 1986). Woodruff (1973) lists 248 species of scar-abs, and Frank (1986) lists 324. Both authors notethat additions to each list wil l be necessary. Frank(1986) estimates the Staphylinidae fauna of Florida tonumber 450 species. Certain tribes of Carabidae arewell studied and will change little in number of spe-cies. Others, especiallly Bembidiini, will expand sig-nificantly as generic revisions are completed. Frank

(1986) hypothesized that the larger component of Flor-ida Staphylinidae is nearctic, with a smaller neotropi-cal component. He also suggested that a larger nearc-tic component would exist except for the lack of moun-tain chains. I concur with his assessment of the com-position of Staphylinidae fauna, and feel that the sameis true for Florida Carabidae.

Species diversity decreases in F lorida from northto south. Florida gulf coastal species suggest closerrelationships to Texas and Mexico, rather than withAlabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. A small percent-


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age of species is known to occur in Florida, the Yucat-an peninsula, and Central America. Panhandle ele-ments exhibit a close affinity with northern and west-ern faunas, especially Texas to the west and the Appa-lachians to the north.

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There are approximately 30,000 described speciesof ground beetles, making it the largest family amongAdephaga. Literature dealing with the identificationof ground beetle species is voluminous. Maddison (1995)presented a comprehensive outline of currently acceptedhigher classification of the ground beetles, citing dis-agreement over placement of several Adephaga fami-lies, namely the tiger beetles (family Cicindelidae or

supertribe Cicindelitae) and the wrinkled bark beetles(family Rhysodidae or tribe Rhysodini). That classifi-cation is followed here. Tribes are listed beginning withthe most primitive groups. The following abbrevia-tions are used in the listing of ground beetle taxa (f =family; s.f. = subfamily; s.t. = supertribe; t = tribe;).

Tribes of Ground Beetles

Coleoptera: Carabidae

s.f. Paussinaet. Metriini

t. Ozaeninit. Paussini

s.t. Nebriitaet. Notiophilinit. Notiokasinit. Pelophilinit. Opisthinit. Nebriini

s.t. Carabitaet. Carabinit. Ceroglossini

t. Pamborinit. Cychrini

s.t. Cicindelitaet. Collyridinit. Megacephalinit. Ctenostomatinit. Manticorinit. Cicindelini

t. Loricerinit. Omophroninit. Cicindinit. Elaphrinit. M igadopinit. Amarotypinit. Promecognathinit. Siagoninit. Hiletinit. Clivininit. Scaritini

t. Rhysodini

t. Gehringiini

The remaining tribes of ground beetles are infor-mally grouped into the category classified asCarabidae conjungtae, referring to middle coxalcavities which are completely surrounded by themesosternum and metasternum.

t. Psydrinit. Melaeninit. Cymbionotinit. Broscinit. Apotomini

s.t. Trechitaet. Trechinit. Zolinit. Pogoninit. Bembidiini

t. Patrobinit. Amblytelini

s.t. Brachinitaet. Crepidogastrinit. Brachinini

s.f. Harpalinaet. Pterostichinit. Morioninit. Cnemalobinit. Catapieseinit. Pseudomorphini

t. Platyninit. Zabrinit. Bascaninit. Peleciinit. Cuneipectinit. Chaetogenyinit. Licininit. Oodinit. Panagaeinit. Chlaeniinit. Harpalinit. Dryptinit. Zuphiini

t. Galeritinit. Physocrotaphinit. Anthiinit. Helluoninit. Idiomorphinit. Orthogoniinit. Hexagoniinit. Ctenodactylinit. Amorphomerini

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last few tribes of ground beetles.t. Lachnophorinit. Odacanthinit. Calophaeninit. Perigoninit. Graphipterinit. Cyclosominit. Masoreini

t. Lebiini

Fig. 1 Ventral view of ground beetle (top), dorsal view of head (bottom). Abbreviations: m= mentum; sm= submentum;pepl= proepipleuron; cc= coxal cavity; ps= prosternum; psp= prosternal process; ms= mesosternum; t= trochanter;epl= epipleuron; acp= antecoxal process; ss= supraorbital setae.

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Fig. 3. mesocoxae conjunct - epm1not reaching middle coxal cavity

Fig. 2. mesocoxae disjunct - epm1reachingcoxal cavity

Fig. 4 Elytral pica - fold of the epipleuron near apex ofelytra

Fig. 5. 2 supraorbial seta

Fig. 6. 1 supraorbital seta

Fig. 8. Procoxae open behind - incompletelysurrounded by prosternum behind (occurs in afew tribes, Cychrini, Carabini, Nebriini, andNotiophilini)

Fig. 7. Procoxae closed behind - themajority of ground beetles


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1.Clypeus broader than distance between sockets of an-tennae. (Fig.9.) Florida species not less than 12mm.in length, frequently brightly colored or with macu-

lation. Cicindelini(tiger beetles)...........................2 Clypeus narrower than distance between antennal sock-ets......................................................................................3

2.Anterior angles of pronotum more advanced than ante-rior margin of prosternum, scutellum hidden. Majorportion of body glabrous (Fig. 2).(Megacephala)

Anterior angle of pronotum not more advanced thananterior margin of prosternum. Scutellum visible. Bodyoften with dense pilose setae on head/ underside...................................................................... (Cicindela)

3. Scutellum concealed by posterior margin of pronotum.

Intercoxal process of prosternum very broad, cover-ing mesosternum. Body shape circular in outline(Fig.11). Omophronini ........................(Omophron)

Scutellum visible. Intercoxal process of prosternum notenlarged...........................................................................4

4. Scape of antennae not visible from above. Head withshort deep sulcus ventrally between eyes and mouth-parts. Body shape. Pseudomorphini (Fig. 12).............................................................. (Pseudomorpha)

Antennae with scape dorsally visible. Body shape vari-ous.....................................................................................5

5.Abdomen with 7-8 visible sterna. Florida species bicol-ored; head and pronotum testaceus - orange, elytrablue black or brown, legs pale. (Fig. 13) Brachinini.................................................................... (Brachinus)

Abdomen with 6 sterna normally exposed.................. 6

6.Metasternum without antecoxal suture, almost as longas combined length of abdominal sterna. Front tibiawithout apical spur (with pair of apical spines). An-tennae moniliform. Head and pronotum deeplygrooved. (Fig.14).Rhysodini .................(Clinidium)

Metasternum with antecoxal suture and shorter in length.Front tibia with one or more apical spurs(fig.??) ..7

7. Middle coxal cavities disjunct (Fig. 2)..........................8 Middle coxal cavities conjunct (Fig. 3) .......................12

8. Anterior coxal cavities open behind (Fig. 8)..............9 Anterior coxal cavities closed behind (Fig. 7)...........11

9. Mandibles without a setigerous puncture in scrobe.10 Mandible with a setigerous puncture in scrobe.Nebriini

(no Florida records)(Fig. 15) ..................... (Nebria)

Key to the tribes of Florida ground beetles(Coleoptera: Carabidae, including Cicindelini)

Fig. 13. Brachinus sp.also known as bombar-dier beetles.

Fig. 14 Clinidiumfrom Florida. Speci-mens are found inmoist hardwood logs.

Fig. 9.Cicindelasp.

Fig. 11 Omophronlabiatum, dorsal view

Fig.10. Megacephala vir ginica.

Fig. 12.Pseudomorphaex cr uci ans

Fig. 15N ebri a

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10.Posterior coxae contiguous in midline of body (Fig.16)....................................................................... Carabini.

Posterior coxae separated in midline of body. Head nar-rowed anteriorly (modified to feed on snails)(Figs.17, 18) ................................................................Cychrini

11. Mandible with setigerous puncture in scrobe, head with

2 supraorbital setae (Fig. 19. Elaphrini ..Elaphrus Mandible without seta in scrobe, head with 1 supraorbit-

al seta, body pedunculate (Fig. 20) ............Scaritini

12. Terminal article of maxillary palpus arising obliquelyfrom preceding article . Body covered with denseerect setae. Elytra with orange and black pattern (Fig.21) Panagaeini ......................................(Panagaeus)

Terminal article of maxillary palpus arising apically frompreceding article..........................................................13

13. Elytra with striae more deeply impressed in anteriorhalf. Anterior half of striae coarsely punctate, poste-rior half finely punctate. Hair of integument erectand at least some are about as long as antennal scape(Fig. 22). Size small, 5mm. or less, ant-like in ap-pearance. Antennal segments 2-11 densely pubes-cent...........................................................Lachnophorini

Characters other than above. If body pubescent, hairs ofuniform length, short. (Excluding tactile setae whichmay be longer than surface pubescence) ...........14

14 Head with several longitudinal grooves between eyes(Fig. 23), eyes large, bulging. Body flattened dorsal-ly, with some of outer elytral striae obsolescent....

..........................................Notiophilini (Notiophilus) Head lacking interocular grooves. Body shape various

.............................................................................................15

15. Scrobe of mandible with 1 or more setigerous punc-tures................................................................................16

Scrobe asetose (without setae) ..................................20

16. Penultimate maxillary palpomere pubescent. Frontalgrooves more widely separated at middle than atanterior part, and terminated before posterior mar-gins of eyes. Anophthalmus specimens with penulti-

mate maxillary palpomere very tumid.................17 Penultimate maxillary palpomere glabrous...............19

17. Dorsal surface of head with transverse sulcus behindeyes. Eyes protruding, legs pale. Size 12 mm. Patro-bini ...................................................................Patrobus

Dorsal surface of head without transverse sulcus behindeyes. Eyes various, size various. .............................18

Fig. 19. E laphrusruscari us. In Floridathere are few literaturerecords for thisspecies. One specimenhas been seencollected on muddyedge of ApalachicolaRiver, Torreya StatePark by Lloyd Davis inMarch.

Fig.16. Carabus sp. Fig. 17.Scaphinotussp.,Torreya State Park.

Fig. 18.Scaphinotus sp.head and prothorax,showing modifiedmandibles and expandedpalps, believed to be used

to follow slime trails ofsnail prey.

Fig. 21. Panagaeus sp.,dorsal view.Fig. 20.

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18. Terminal maxillary palpomere much shorter and nar-rower than penultimate segment.(Fig. 24) Size notgreater than 7 mm...................................... Bembidiini

Terminal maxillary palpomere normal. Color testaceus,size 7-9 mm, found on saline mud flats. Pogonini(Fig. 25).................................................Diplochaetus

19. Elytron without internal plica behind epipleuron.. Frontal

grooves curved, extending posteriorly to gena andto ventral side of eyes.................................................................................................................................Trechini

Elytron with internal plica. Frontal grooves not extend-ing behind eyes (Fig. 26) ............................ Psydrini

20.Head with one pair of supraorbital setae.................21 Head with 2 pairs of supraorbital setae......................24

21. Elytron without internal plica near apex....Harpalini Elytron with internal plica near apex(Fig. 5) ............22

22. Surface of elytra and pronotum densely punctate andpubescent. Chlaeniini (Fig. 27)..............Chlaenius

- Surface of elytra and pronotum not densely punctateand pubescent .............................................................23

23. Pronotum without erect setae. Interval 8 of elytra de-limited internally at apex by distinct carina..............................................................................................Oodini

Pronotum with at least median setae.Interval 8 not de-limited at apex by carina........Pterostichini(in part)

24. Antennal segments 5-10 moniliform. Margin of prono-tum with several pairs of lateral setae.(Fig. 28) Stria8 in form of zigzag sulcus. Legs flattened. Morionini

.............................................................................. Morion Antennal segments 5-10 filiform, pronotum with 2 pairof lateral setae..............................................................25

25. Elytron with internal plica (Fig. 4)............................26 Elytron without internal plica.........................................27

26. Penultimate labial palpomere plurisetose. Amarini ................................................................................ Am ar a

Penultimate labial palpomere bisetose....Pterostichini

27. Pronotum narrow, distinctly longer than wide, at apexas wide as posterior part of head (Fig.s. 29,30)28

Pronotum not longer than wide and/or wider at apexthan posterior part of head (Fig.31)...................29

28.Tarsomere 4 deeply notched at apex, bilobed (Fig.29). Abdominal terga completely covered. Cteno-dactylini..............................................Leptotrachelus

Tarsomere 4 simple or slightly emarginate at apex.Elytron with apex truncate, exposing last abdominaltergite (Fig. 30).Odacanthini .....................Colliuris

Fig. 22.Ega sall ei,occurs in wet areas. Fig. 23. N otiophil us

sp.

Fig. 30. Colliuris

Fig.28. Morionmoni l icornis

Fig 29. L eptotrachelusdorsalis

Fig. 25. D iplochae-tus

Fig. 24. Bembid-i on

Fig. 26. N omiuspygmaeus Fig. 27. Chlaenius

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29. Posterior tibia with inner spur more than 1/2 length ofhind tarsal segment 1. Inner spur longer than outerspur (Fig. 31)...............................................................30

Posterior tibial spurs more or less equal and shorter than length of hind tarsal segment 1 .........................31

30. Labrum elongate, length more than width at base.Head markedly constricted posteriorly, in form of a

neck. (Fig. 25). Pronotum widest at base, narrowedanteriorly. . Elytra pale testaceous with dark macula.Lebiini (in part).....................................Nemotarsus.

Labrum average, head not constricted posteriorly. Prono-tum either widest anteriorly, with sides slightly sinu-ate before base, or base and apex about equal. Ma-soreini ...............................................Tetragonoderus

31. Head with one pair of setae ventrally posterior to sub-mentum.. Labrum elongate (Fig. 33). Lebiini (in part)............................................................................Pericalina

Head without pair of posterior setae ventrally.........32

32. Elytron with apical margin truncate..........................33 Elytron with apical margin entire, sinuate or not .....37

33. Tarsal claws pectinate(toothed, comblike) ....Lebiini Tarsal claws normal, smooth..........................................34

34 Dorsal surface glabrous, except for normal fixed setae.Antennal segments 1-3 glabrous, except for 1 setaon scape and ring of setae at apex of segments 2and 3. General aspect of pronotum pentagonal. PEN-

TAGONICINI (Fig. 34)....................... Pentagonica Dorsal surface finely pubescent. Antennal segments 1-3

pubescent .....................................................................35

35. Scape of antenna longer than combined lengths ofsegments 2+3, (Fig. 35). Size small, less than 6mmZUPHIINI ........................................................Zuphium

Scape shorter than segments 2+3, size l0mm or more.........................................................................................36

35. Antennal segments 5-11 flattened, finely pubescent.Central area of each article triangular and glabrous(Fig. 37).HELLUONINI ......... Helluomorphoides

Antennal segments 5-11 not flattened, uniformly pu-bescent. GALERITINI (Fig. 36) ...............Galerita

37. Clypeus sloped downward, surface concave. Labrumdeeply notched (Fig. 39).............................LICININI

Clypeus plane not notched. Labrum with anterior mar-gin truncate or slightly concave..............................38

38. Elytron with stria 8 impressed and obliquely extendedalmost to apical suture. Posterior trochanter almost length of posterior femur. PERIGONINI ........................................................................................ Perigona

Elytron with stria 8 normal (Fig. 38) .............AGONINI

Fig. 31. Tetr agonoderusfasciatus

Fig.34. Pentagon-i ca

Fig. 35. Zuphium

Fig.36. Galeri ta

Fig. 38. (Agonini) Platynustenuicollis

Fig. 37. H elluomorphoides

Fig. 39.(Licinini) Badister

Fig. 32. N emotar sus elegans

Fig. 33. Mochtherus

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