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Bug-eyed Staphylinid - Stenus
Copyright © 2007 Michael Garcia

Bug-eyed Staphylinid - Stenus
Sexaur Park, Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
March 12, 2007
Size: 4.3
A little different than the other bug-eyed staphylinid found in the snowmelt pool.
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Contributed by Michael Garcia on 14 March, 2007 - 7:41am
Last updated 2 April, 2007 - 6:57am

characteristics that may aid in ID:
In this Stenus, the lateral margin of the abdomen is reduced, and tarsi are quite long. It belongs in the same (smaller) species group as palearctic Stenus similis.
… Boris Büche, 15 March, 2007 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

steninae: stenus
steninae: stenus
… Taro Eldredge, 14 March, 2007 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

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