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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Philonthina » Philonthus
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what species？ - Philonthus
Copyright © 2012 Li

what species？ - Philonthus
Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
June 7, 2012
Size: 13mm

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what species？ - Philonthus what species？ - Philonthus what species？ - Philonthus
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Contributed by Li on 8 June, 2012 - 10:28am
Last updated 24 November, 2014 - 9:32am

Moved
Moved from Large Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 24 November, 2014 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 28 August, 2012 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Staphylinini
oblique angles are of very little help for beetle ID purposes
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… v belov, 8 June, 2012 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
I added two more, which may h
I added two more, which may help
… Li, 8 June, 2012 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

 
Philonthus sp.
when you want a beetle or a heteropteran ID'd, do your best to obtain a plain dorsal view (worth a hundred of oblique angles in most cases) and post it first, then add any additional angles/details/closeups: those may facilitate our task, but the dorsal is critical
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