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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Staphylininae » Platydracus
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Unk Red-tailed Ground Beetle ? - Platydracus
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Unk Red-tailed Ground Beetle ? - Platydracus
Skull Valley, AZ, USA (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
March 30, 2007
Found while digging inRose Garden.

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 3 April, 2007 - 10:41pm
Last updated 16 April, 2007 - 7:31am

will belong in genus Platydracus
because of big size, form of head, and dense hairs on body. It seems not to be identical with any of the species already present on the page, though.

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 4 April, 2007 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

Rove beetle.
Rove beetle.

Someone else who knows this group better can be more specific than that.
… Brad Barnd, 3 April, 2007 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Rove Beetle
Thanks Boris & Brad.....now I know where to go browse!
… Robert L. Pearson, 5 April, 2007 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

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