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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Echiasterina » Myrmecosaurus » Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
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Myrmecophilous staph 2 - Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
Copyright © 2012 J. Anderson

Myrmecophilous staph 2 - Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
December 26, 2011
In the same nest and probably the same species as this one-

First 2 pics are in water.

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Contributed by J. Anderson on 2 January, 2012 - 8:19am
Last updated 4 May, 2015 - 1:43pm

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.

Thanks Adam. Would you like a specimen?
… J. Anderson, 2 January, 2012 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Sure, I would love one! (I am
Sure, I would love one! (I am in Canada so I would understand if you don't want to go through the customs paperwork).

My mailing address can be found here:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/contacts.htm

Thanks,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 January, 2012 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
I'll definitely try to get one to you
No promises on how soon though, as I'll be back to boarding school in a few days... Do you happen to know if this is a state record- I can't find any other records from SC, only from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and north carolina- here, but that's from 2005...
… J. Anderson, 2 January, 2012 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Jody, no worries about the
Hi Jody, no worries about the timing. It appears to be a state record as I am not aware of anything published since that 2005 paper, certainly not from SC. I imagine it would occur over the entire expanding range of Solenopsis.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 January, 2012 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

Fairly certain this is Myrmec
Fairly certain this is Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus, a very cool paederine!
(the other series of photos are of the same species)

Nice find Jody!

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 January, 2012 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

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