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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 22

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crenate, bearing four stout bristles; thorax smooth, slightly broader than long, narrowed behind, posteriorly with a large triangular impression; elytra subparallel, convex, broader than the base of the thorax, rounded behind, coarsely punctured at humerus but gradually growing finer near the apex, which is nearly smooth; scutellum not visible; dark metallic green, last ventral segment, antennae, palpi, clypeus and legs ferrugineous; broad lateral margin of thorax and elytra green, the middle black.
Length 20-24 mm.
[Symbol: Male]. Anterior tarsi dilated; last ventral segments triangularly emarginate; tip of elytra subtruncate; sutural angle rectangular.
[Symbol: Female]. The last ventral segment broadly oval at tip; tip of each elytron rounded; sutural angle obliterated.
Found under wood and stones from July to September. Nocturnal in habits.
T. virginica Linn. is easily distinguished from T, carolina Linn. the other species found in the United

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10. crenate, bearing four stout bristles; thorax smooth, slightly broader than long, narrowed behind, posteriorly with a large triangular impression; elytra subparallel, convex, broader than the base of the thorax, rounded behind, coarsely punctured at humerus but gradually growing finer near the apex, which is nearly smooth; scutellum not visible; dark metallic green, last ventral segment, antennae, palpi, clypeus and legs ferrugineous; broad lateral margin of thorax and elytra green, the middle black. Length 20-24 mm. [Symbol: Male]. Anterior tarsi dilated; last ventral segments triangularly emarginate; tip of elytra subtruncate; sutural angle rectangular. [Symbol: Female]. The last ventral segment broadly oval at tip; tip of each elytron rounded; sutural angle obliterated. Found under wood and stones from July to September. Nocturnal in habits. T. virginica Linn. is easily distinguished from T, carolina Linn. the other species found in the United