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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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Huge rove beetle - Platydracus maculosus
Copyright © 2005 David Schlachter

Huge rove beetle - Platydracus maculosus
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
June 28, 2005
Size: about 2.4 cm
I found this guy stuck in my pool, I imagine that he flew in and got stuck. By far, he's the largest rove beetle I've ever seen. He's amazingly fast, so I chilled him and put him in my flatbed scanner.
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Contributed by David Schlachter on 29 June, 2005 - 11:13am
Last updated 1 July, 2005 - 7:30am

Platydracus maculosus.
This is a specimen of Platydracus maculosus (formerly Staphylinus maculosus, and many older references still use that name). Only the devil's coach horse, an introduced rove beetle, is larger.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 June, 2005 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Another one...
I just recovered another large rove beetle from my pool. It's about the same size as this one, but it's head, thorax, and elytra are brownish with black spots. It also has yellow markings in a few places and huge jaws. I'll post a picture as soon as I can.
… David Schlachter, 29 June, 2005 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

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