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The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa (Part 1) by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895

The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895, Page 19

They are contiguous or separate.
The elytra cover the upper surface of the trunk and dorsal segments; rounded behind; sometimes connate, sometimes embracing widely the flanks of the abdomen; wider than the thorax, humeral angles prominent, rounded before; suture and margin nearly parallel. Surface punctured, granulated. Wings usually well developed, sometimes wanting.
The abdomen is subcordate or subtriangular, composed of six ventral segments in the female and seven in the male. In Amblychila the abdomen is alike in both sexes. The first segment is visible only at the sides; the second is acute in the middle; third, fourth, and fifth subequal, rather diminishing in size; sixth deeply emarginate in the male, while the last is small, convex above, truncate beneath.
Legs slender, usually long, the tibiae with two distinct terminal spurs, tarsi filiform, the first three joints of the anterior ones densely clothed with hair. Claws acute, simple.

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They are contiguous or separate. The elytra cover the upper surface of the trunk and dorsal segments; rounded behind; sometimes connate, sometimes embracing widely the flanks of the abdomen; wider than the thorax, humeral angles prominent, rounded before; suture and margin nearly parallel. Surface punctured, granulated. Wings usually well developed, sometimes wanting. The abdomen is subcordate or subtriangular, composed of six ventral segments in the female and seven in the male. In Amblychila the abdomen is alike in both sexes. The first segment is visible only at the sides; the second is acute in the middle; third, fourth, and fifth subequal, rather diminishing in size; sixth deeply emarginate in the male, while the last is small, convex above, truncate beneath. Legs slender, usually long, the tibiae with two distinct terminal spurs, tarsi filiform, the first three joints of the anterior ones densely clothed with hair. Claws acute, simple.