Category Archives: Pterostichines

New Pterostichus for Hilary

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Kip Will

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 →

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One less Pterostichus for Montana

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Kip Will

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

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Patronym, matronym & filionym

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Kip Will

Creative control over the formation of names is one privilege taxonomists have. While most are run of the mill descriptive or locality-based names, patronyms are also very common. Flies have been named for Beyoncé’s voluptuous derrière, carabid beetles named for Governator’s … Continue reading →

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Notonomus barrae, a new species named in honor of Cheryl Barr

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Kip Will

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 →

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Survey Results

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Kip Will

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 →

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Inspiring writing

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kip Will

  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 →

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Short gap between being a scavenger or predator

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kip Will

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 →

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A question of the spotty record

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Kip Will

I have spent an inordinate amount of time studying Loxandrine carabid beetles. This group has about 240 described species, all but a couple dozen from the Western Hemisphere. The bulk of the species diversity is in South America where we … Continue reading →

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Graening finds Graeae horror beetle in California cave

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Kip Will

Way back in ’07 I described a few new species of Pterostichus from California [1]. All of them had reduced eyes, small body size, and each from limited series of specimens. Although I have personally collected nearly every species of … Continue reading →

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Acanthoferonia and the Notonomus-series, the bottom line

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Kip Will

Bottom line, Acanthoferonia, as cool as it is, must be treated as a subgenus. Here is a draft abstract of the paper I am writing up now. NOTHING WRITTEN HERE CAN BE CONSTRUED AS BEING PUBLISHED IN THE SENSE OF … Continue reading →

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