Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle Harpalus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1774)    Synonyms: Pennsylvania Ground Beetle.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Carabidae   >   Genus Harpalus   

Status:

Harpalus texanus should be kept in mind on the immediate coast. It is currently known from "North Carolina to southern Florida, west to eastern Texas" and can only be separated from this species by dissection (BugGuide, 2018).

There are 40 records in the project database.

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A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/24/2015). Determined by Peter W. Messer and V. Belov via BugGuide. Photo by Shannon Schade. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/2/2022). Verified by Peter W. Messer/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/21/2016). Verified by Curt Harden (NEON/SERC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (9/3/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/28/2019). Determined by Curt Harden/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). Determined by Brad Barnd/BugGuide and confirmed via specimen examination by Curt Harden. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). Determined by Brad Barnd/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle (underside) in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/2/2017). Determined by Brad Barnd/BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle collected in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/12/2017). Determined by Curt Harden and Blaine Mathison via BugGuide. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle found on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Determined by Curt Harden. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (8/20/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle found on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Determined by Curt Harden. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle found on Assateague Island in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). Determined by Curt Harden. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/13/2014). Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (7/9/2018). Determined by P. Almoni/BugGuide. Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/29/2021). Determined by Peter W. Messer and Vassili Belov/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/20/2021). Verified by Peter W. Messer & Curt Harden/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Harford Co., Maryland (8/13/2021). Determined by Curt Harden/BugGuide. Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (7/9/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (8/20/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Washington Co., Maryland (6/10/2022). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/5/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle in Howard Co., Maryland (9/6/2023). (c) smuller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)


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