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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) » Shining Fungus Beetles (Scaphidiinae) » Scaphisoma » Scaphisoma rubens
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Tiny beetle - Scaphisoma rubens
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Tiny beetle - Scaphisoma rubens
Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
October 11, 2006
Size: 1.8mm
Found in the gills of a mushroom.
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Contributed by tom murray on 11 October, 2006 - 9:02pm
Last updated 13 October, 2006 - 6:57am

Thanks Don!!
Moved from Shining Fungus Beetles.
… tom murray, 13 October, 2006 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae: Scaphisoma rubens
The only species colored this brown in our area. Most are a dark brown (near black).
… Donald S. Chandler, 12 October, 2006 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

Superb image
of a tiny beetle. It's in a rove subfamily I think, Scaphidiinae.
… Jim McClarin, 12 October, 2006 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
Shining Fungus Beetle
Thanks Jim!
… tom murray, 12 October, 2006 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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