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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Shining Fungus Beetles (Scaphidiinae) » Scaphidium » Scaphidium quadriguttatum
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small black Shining Fungus Beetle with four orange spots - Scaphidium quadriguttatum
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

small black Shining Fungus Beetle with four orange spots - Scaphidium quadriguttatum
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 22, 2005
Scaphidium?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 23 April, 2005 - 3:28pm
Last updated 14 June, 2010 - 11:58pm

Moved
Moved from Scaphidium.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 12 October, 2006 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

Looks right, but..
This group was treated as a subfamily of the Staphylinidae in American Beetles(1) - I would follow that reference.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 25 April, 2005 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Phillip,
I will be sure to check that reference before placing any more beetles. I appreciate you fixing my outdated placements!
… Lynette Elliott, 26 April, 2005 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Thank you for the gentle reminder:-) Curse those "lumpers." Pbbbbt!
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 April, 2005 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

Congrats!
Congratulations on capturing a whole new family for Bugguide! Woo-hoo! Nice shot, too.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 April, 2005 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Sub- that is.
Family is Staphylinidae.
… Jim McClarin, 22 June, 2008 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

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