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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 » Philonthina » Bisnius
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Rove Beetle - Bisnius
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Rove Beetle - Bisnius
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 21, 2008

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Contributed by tom murray on 21 February, 2008 - 10:03pm
Last updated 7 February, 2010 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from Gabrius.
Thanks Adam!
… tom murray, 7 February, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Hi Tom, I noticed this pho
Hi Tom,

I noticed this photo recently and remembered that there are no Gabrius species in the northeast with red elytra. If Don believes the protarsi to be slender enough to be Gabrius, this must be Bisnius instead.

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 7 February, 2010 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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… John R. Maxwell, 31 July, 2008 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi John
Don Chandler has the specimens, and when he can find a little time in this busy field season, he'll post his findings on what these 2 rove beetles are.
They looked like the same beetle to my untrained eye, and I linked them at first. Don saw something that made him think they're different genus.
… tom murray, 1 August, 2008 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
Drat
I have one that looks like them both, and was trying to sort it out before I posted :-)
… John R. Maxwell, 1 August, 2008 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… tom murray, 22 February, 2008 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Gabrius sp.
maybe. The protarsi need to be in focus, and I am not really sure. The image you have linked here is a member of another subfamily!
… Donald S. Chandler, 22 February, 2008 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Added a close-up
of the front legs. Is that good enough, or should I take another shot?
… tom murray, 22 February, 2008 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Good
enough --> Gabrius.
… Donald S. Chandler, 22 February, 2008 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

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