Key to Common Carabids (ground beetles) in Virginia Orchards
Key to Tribes
1. Mesocoxal cavities not entirely closed....................................................................................................2
Mesocoxal cavities entirely closed..............................................................................................................4
2. Procoxal cavities open posteriorly.........................................................................................................3
Procoxal cavities closed posteriorly..........................................................................................SCARATINI
3. Metacoxae separated; labrum deeply forked.............................................................................CYCHRINI
Metacoxae not separated; labrum not forked................................................................................CARABINI
4. Head with 2 bristle bearing punctures above each eye..............................................................................5
Head with 1 bristle bearing punctures above each eye..................................................................................9
5. Margin of elytra interrupted at posterior third and with a distinct internal fold................................................................................................................................PTEROSTICHINI
Margin of elytra not interrupted and without an internal fold.......................................................................6
6. Front of head short; labrum impressed....................................................................................LIGININI
Front of head normal...............................................................................................................................7
7. Next to last segment of labial palpi with but two setae..............................................................................8
Next to last segment of labial palpi with a number of setae anteriorly and always longer than terminal segment....................................................................................................................................DRYPTINI
8. Elytra not, or obliquely subtruncate at apex..........................................................................................10
Elytra truncate at apex..................................................................................................................LEBIINI
9. Elytra margin more or less interrupted and with an internal fold; antennae with three basal segments glabrous...............................................................................................................................CHLAENIINI
Elytra margin not interrupted, no internal fold; antennae with two, rarely with three, basal segments glabrous................................................................................................................................HARPALINI
10. Antennae with pubescence beginning on first, second, or third article........................................AGONINI
Antennae with pubescence beginning on fourth article, articles 1 -3 glabrous except for a few long, terminal or subterminal setae...................................................................................................................PLATYNINI
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