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Body form more broadly oval, especially evident in males (Fig.
40C
); male elytra with apices often flatly rounded/subtruncate, rarely with sutural angle produced to a point, apicolateral sinuation strongly present; female elytral apices flatly rounded and commonly with sutural angle produced, apicolateral sinuation less strongly present; dorsal surface with fine reticulation giving the dorsum a more polished smooth appearance, often very darkly colored, black to dark greenish black; profemoral sub-apicoventral tooth of male large and highly acute (Fig.
40D
); venter always red in coloration. Distribution: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas
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Dineutus serrulatus serrulatus
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Body form more parallel sided, less broadly oval, even in males (Fig.
40C
); males with elytral apices variable from flatly rounded/subtruncate, but often with sutural angle produced, apicolateral sinuation present, but less deeply sinuate; female elytral apices flatly rounded to angled towards sutural production; sutural production commonly present, rarely absent; dorsal surface with reticulation strongly evident and often coarser than nominate form, giving dorsal surface a bronzy appearance, not polished black, often light bronzed to greenish bronzed in color; profemoral sub-apicoventral tooth often smaller than nominate form (Fig.
40D
), and more variable; venter often light colored usually red, but northern and western populations with darkly colored venter, dark red to blackish red in coloration. Distribution: From western Alabama north to Indiana, west to southwestern Kansas, south to Texas and possibly Mexico
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Dineutus serrulatus analis
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