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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae) » Eusphalerini » Eusphalerum » Eusphalerum pothos
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Small Beetle - Eusphalerum pothos
Copyright © 2007 Matt Goff

Small Beetle - Eusphalerum pothos
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
July 5, 2007
Size: <.5cm
These beetles are common on flowers around here throughout the summer.

A couple of additional photos can be seen at:
http://www.sitkanature.org/1000species/?p=226
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Contributed by Matt Goff on 1 August, 2007 - 1:31am
Last updated 30 May, 2009 - 3:09am

E. pothos, female
Adriano Zanetti det.

Moved from Eusphalerum.
… v belov, 30 May, 2009 - 3:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Omaliinae.
… Jim McClarin, 18 October, 2007 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Rove Beetle
It seems to me a Rove Beetle of the subfamily Omaliinae
… Francesco Vitali, 1 August, 2007 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

 
That helps
Thanks, with that clue, I was able to take a look and see that it is almost certainly a Eusphalerum beetle.

See http://bugguide.net/node/view/88941
… Matt Goff, 1 August, 2007 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree,
a pollen-eating rove. Moving to genus page.
… Jim McClarin, 18 October, 2007 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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