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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-like Stone Beetles (Scydmaeninae) » Glandulariini » Stenichnus » Stenichnus scutellaris
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Ant-like stone beetle? - Stenichnus scutellaris
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Ant-like stone beetle? - Stenichnus scutellaris
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 1, 2006
Size: 1.5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 1 April, 2006 - 7:04pm
Last updated 27 May, 2020 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Stenichnus.
… v belov, 27 May, 2020 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

I wonder if . . .
this might be a male of Stenichnus (Cyrtoscydmus) scutellaris. The triangular expansion of the anterior femora is characteristic for that species in frame of our fauna (normal shape in females), and it also fits in size, shape, and colour.
Since this is one of the most common litter species in Europe, it is quite likely having been introduced - but I haven`t been able to find a record on the web to support my guess.
… Boris Büche, 22 March, 2008 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

 
There are 5 spp. on New Hampshire checklist,
including one former Cyrtoscydmus sp. See here for Stenichnus.
… Jim McClarin, 22 March, 2008 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Scydmaenidae: Stenichnus sp.
A Stenichnus in the old sense, maybe Parascydmus today (the subgenera are now recongized as genera).
… Donald S. Chandler, 1 April, 2006 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
location
Both this genus and the Euconnus species I found earlier, were under the same rock.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2006 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

Looks hairy to me, Tom.
The hairs are sparse and rather prone on the elytra. Probably a less-hairy species.
… Jim McClarin, 1 April, 2006 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

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