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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Tachyusini » Tachyusa » Tachyusa americana
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Staphylinid - Tachyusa americana
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Hunt

Staphylinid - Tachyusa americana
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
August 11, 2016
Muddy shore of Worden Pond at night. Extremely fast for such a small beetle.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 12 August, 2016 - 9:29pm
Last updated 9 February, 2022 - 7:12pm

Tachyusa americana Casey, male
Moved from Tachyusa. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Aaron.
… Brad Barnd, 9 February, 2022 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles. Thanks! Only the fifth example of the genus in the guide.
… Aaron Hunt, 16 August, 2016 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

Tachyusa sp.
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