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A Ground Beetle of 1.5 cm in length. The short, wide mandibles have 2 large teeth. The antennae are not elbowed nor clubbed and the basal 4 segments are red. The first segment however is very long. The elytra are striated. The prothorax has a median groove. The front femora are modified for digging. Family Carabidae, subfamily Scaritinae, Tribe Scaritini.
On the ground in the street at night, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 2,200 meters.
This was one weird Carabid to find! It almost looks more like a Passalid with misplaced antennae. These burrow in search of their prey, thus the large digging front femora. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1157655/b... https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scari... http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb... https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/423149-S... http://www.catnapin.com/Critters/Beetle/...
Spotted on May 17, 2019
Submitted on Jun 12, 2019
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