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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) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Platydracus » Platydracus maculosus
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Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus
Copyright © 2007 John F. Carr

Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus
Ashland State Park, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 12, 2007
Size: 2cm
Stationary on the access road to Ashland State Park

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Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus Rove Beetle? - Platydracus maculosus
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 13 September, 2007 - 8:29am
Last updated 18 September, 2007 - 9:24am

Yes.
Good call. This is Platydracus maculosus if my memory serves me.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2007 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

 
In the guide
I just looked in your Kaufman guide and found a clearly recognizable picture of this guy on page 201. No idea how I missed it originally.
… John F. Carr, 25 December, 2007 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks. Marshall's giant guide to northeastern insects shows a different member of genus Platydracus which looks much different to me.
… John F. Carr, 13 September, 2007 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I found mine in the road, too.

While I'm not familiar with rove beetles, many insects look really different at the genus level.
… Ron Hemberger, 17 September, 2007 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

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