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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) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Ontholestes » Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle (Ontholestes cingulatus)
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who is this? - Ontholestes cingulatus
Copyright © 2006 Matthew Cook

who is this? - Ontholestes cingulatus
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
September 23, 2006
Size: 1"
Found on a low weed on the ground next to rotting pine logs. I have no clue with this one. Please help me identify it.

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who is this? - Ontholestes cingulatus who is this? - Ontholestes cingulatus
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Contributed by Matthew Cook on 23 September, 2006 - 6:18pm
Last updated 9 October, 2006 - 3:53pm

Ontholestes cingulatus,
a very handsome rove beetle. Compare. I'm not sure whether that's a Mr. or Mrs. beetle.
… Jim McClarin, 23 September, 2006 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID, Jim!
Thanks for the ID, Jim!
… Matthew Cook, 24 September, 2006 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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