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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Medonina » Medon » Medon rufipenne
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rove beetle - Medon rufipenne
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

rove beetle - Medon rufipenne
Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 10, 2011
Size: 4.4mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 10 September, 2011 - 11:27pm
Last updated 16 November, 2011 - 1:16pm

Moved
Moved from Paederinae.
… v belov, 16 November, 2011 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
Adam, I still have it and will save it for you.
… tom murray, 11 September, 2011 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

I don't recognize this Tom, w
I don't recognize this Tom, which means 'very interesting!'. Did you save the specimen? It's a paederine though.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 11 September, 2011 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Keys out to Medon rufipenne (
Keys out to Medon rufipenne (Casey) in Downie and Arnett. This genus is unrevised for North America so this is the best we can do. Apparently not known aside from the type specimen from NY. I checked papers illustrating the genitalia of European species and couldn't come up with anything either.

Good find, the specimen will now be available for whoever decides to study Medon,

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 16 November, 2011 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

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