Category Archives: Pterostichines

In 2015 David Maddison blogged about a trip we took to meet Hilary Hacker in Northern California (A Love of Leptoferonia). It was so amazing to meet her after being an admirer of her field work and her publication on … Continue reading →

Previous report of Pterostichus restrictus from Montana proved to be an identification error and all specimens are P. protractus. Continue reading →

I wrote about the Australian genus Notonomus and its curious pattern of mimicry here, one of the included species from South Australian wine country here and even a post on the preliminary phylogeny here. I am now please to announce that the … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone that filled out the little survey for Sarah’s class project. For this small project she was looking only at records for Pterostichus californicus and P. vicinus in the Bay Area. The conclusion for this small exploration are: 1. Specimens in … Continue reading →

  Text Extracted from G.E. Ball & R.E. Roughly 1982 The Hypherpes-like taxa of southern Mexico: classification, and evolutionary considerations (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 108(3) 315-399.   Introduction The wealth of nations is generally assessed … Continue reading →

I have been sampling once or twice a month this year on Wilcox Ranch, a Solano Land Trust property just a bit south of Dixon. Last night will be the final trip until the rains return in the fall or … Continue reading →