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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ocypus » Ocypus nitens
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rove beetle - Ocypus nitens
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

rove beetle - Ocypus nitens
Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 25, 2007
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 July, 2007 - 10:32am
Last updated 4 August, 2008 - 10:25am

Moved
Moved from Tasgius.

The question is settled now, after I examined a specimen from the same locality, but 1-24-2007, sent by Tom.
… Boris Büche, 4 August, 2008 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Boris
You got it right on your first opinion, and it's great you were able to confirm it with a specimen. Thanks.
… tom murray, 4 August, 2008 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

save it nontheless
- this is one of the short-winged I suspect to be Ocypus nitens, compare:
… Boris Büche, 29 July, 2007 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Boris,
I'll keep it for you with the other beetles I'm saving.
… tom murray, 29 July, 2007 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Don
I don't think I want to find a male if I have to pop out it's genitalia:-)
… tom murray, 27 July, 2007 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Tasgius sp.
Now, catch a male and pop out the genitalia and we can go further.
… Donald S. Chandler, 27 July, 2007 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

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