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Notched-mouth ground beetle

Dicaelus laevipennis

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Fairly large (~20 mm), all-black, and semi-glossy as shown. Note wide thorax with hind corners overlapping elytra (wing-covers), a characteristic of the genus.

Habitat:

Found along margin of sandy trail through degraded shortgrass prairie of yucca, prickly-pear cacti, grasses, buckwheat, etc.

Notes:

Identification furnished by Kip Will of UC Berkeley on the Facebook group page for "Friends of Coleoptera at the Natural History Museum."

Reference Links:

Species Dicaelus laevipennis - BugGuide.Net

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