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Ground beetle

Panagaeus sp.

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Description:

Panagaeus cruxmajor or P. bipustulatus

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Comments (4)
Sintija Valucka
Thank you very much for your interest and help! :) Sorry, I can't write in Spanish... how about the shape of thorax? P. bipustulatus has a rounder shaped thorax, but P. cruxmajor has a bit more ellipsoid?! I will leave it as Panagaeus sp. for a while :) I wouldn't use a word "only" for 4 languages! :)
Maniacval
Hi again Sintija No it's P.cruxmajor....it's very similar but is different....look this gallery: http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Carabidae Your beetle don't have the drawing the two peaks very caracteristical the P.cruxmajor....i'm sorry continue in spanish for the explain :( Como decia se trata de un ejemplar de P.bipustulatus, la caracteristica principal son los dos picos del bibujo que se pueden ver claramente en la galeria que adjunto, luego las bandas son mas anchas que en P.cruxmajor y si todavia queda algo el pronoto del mismo se ve que es mas pequeño... Con la conclusion que nos encontramos ante un ejemplar de Panagaeus bipustulatus sin duda alguna. Saludos and I'm sorry I don't speak english....only Catalan, Portugues, France and Spanish....maybe the next learn is my english :( Greets
Sintija Valucka
Manval, thank you very, very much!!!! :)) It's actually Panagaeus cruxmajor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagaeus_cruxmajor#mediaviewer/File:Panagaeus_cruxmajor_bl.jpg), but they look almost identical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagaeus_bipustulatus#mediaviewer/File:Panagaeus_bipustulatus_bl.jpg).
Maniacval
Hi Sintija It's Panagaeus bipustulatus family Carabidae (I'm sorry problems with jaba....) Greets

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