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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) » Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae) » Boreaphilus » Boreaphilus hennigianus
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winter rove beetle - Boreaphilus hennigianus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

winter rove beetle - Boreaphilus hennigianus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 13, 2008
Size: 3.3mm
Found this and several other rove beetles out walking around on the ice of a frozen swamp. The primary vegetation was cattails, with a few winterberry and purple loostrife.
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 January, 2008 - 6:26pm
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 6:38pm

Different look same species
Well, at least I saved it for you this time. Thanks Don.
… tom murray, 20 January, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Boreaphilus hennigianus
A big one with color pattern a bit different, but clearly this species. Always a good catch.
… Donald S. Chandler, 20 January, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
placing to coryphiini...
Hi, I was wondering if the "pair of small whitish or greyish patches of wing-folding spicules" is obvious or present in this genus? I have a specimen that I believe to fit here, but when keying with American Beetles, the step to get to Coryphiini requires these spots to be "ALWAYS" present. Yet since I can't see them in these photos, I was wondering if Boreaphilus and others may be exceptions to this rule???
… Charlene Wood, 3 December, 2008 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Reminds
me of Borea*philus, but doesn't look quite right. Save, please.
… Donald S. Chandler, 13 January, 2008 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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