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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) » Paederinae » Paederini » Paederus
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Malcolm McElvaney's rove beetle - Paederus
Copyright © 2010 Malcolm McElvaney

Malcolm McElvaney's rove beetle - Paederus
Monahans State Park, Ward County, Texas, USA
March 28, 2010
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Contributed by Burr Williams on 5 April, 2010 - 3:53pm
Last updated 16 April, 2010 - 4:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 16 April, 2010 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Paederus sp.
*
… Blaine Mathison, 5 April, 2010 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Is the color pattern diagnostic, then?
All of the Paederus images in the Guide seemed to show a decidedly more "bulbous" thorax--enough of a difference to make me leery about suggesting an ID.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 April, 2010 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
color pattern alone *not* diagnostic...
See:

Neobisnius sp.
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
November 6, 2009
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
… Mike Quinn, 5 April, 2010 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

 
No
Color pattern is not diagnostic. I should've paid closer attention to the pronotal shape. I would have if there was a clear dorsal shot; the somewhat lateral view threw me off.
… Blaine Mathison, 5 April, 2010 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Good to know.
Many thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 April, 2010 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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