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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) » Omalium
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rove beetle - Omalium
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

rove beetle - Omalium
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 8, 2009
Size: 3.5mm
Found floating in a puddle at a farm field.

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Contributed by tom murray on 8 February, 2009 - 10:33pm
Last updated 9 February, 2009 - 6:30pm

Thanks
I saved the specimen and will give it to Don Chandler. We could get a species name on this one.
… tom murray, 9 February, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Omalium sp.
It is, and is as far as I can go.
… Donald S. Chandler, 25 February, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

Omalium
I'm just starting to be comfortable with Omaliinae (I spend much time elsewhere in the family) so I don't have the species key available. I do know there are others besides rivula*re though.


Adam
… Adam Brunke, 9 February, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

omaliine, perhaps Omalium rivulare
wait for Adam to weigh in
… v belov, 9 February, 2009 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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