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Badister ferrugineus
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Identification:
Right mandible has a deep transverse notch; prothorax with strong isodiametric microsculpture, making it dull and non-iridescent; prothorax short with well marked hind angles; legs and antennae rufo-piceous or darker; terminal segment of all tarsi with double row of stiff setae underneath. Canadian form of species is entirely black or dark brown or black-brown. California specimens are paler but antennae is always infuscated.
Range:
Species is exclusively western, south to California, east to Nevada, and north to British Columbia.
References:
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
Last updated Wednesday, July 19, 2006, by Administrator
