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Species Tmesiphorus carinatus

Representative Images

Pselaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus Pselaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus - male Ant-loving Beetle - Tmesiphorus carinatus - female PSelaphinae - Tmesiphorus carinatus - female Staphylinid - Tmesiphorus carinatus Staphylinid - Tmesiphorus carinatus Ant-loving Beetle - Tmesiphorus carinatus Ant-loving rove beetle ? - Tmesiphorus carinatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Pselaphinae (Ant-loving Beetles)
Supertribe Pselaphitae
Genus Tmesiphorus
Species carinatus (Tmesiphorus carinatus)

Explanation of Names

Tmesiphorus carinatus (Say 1824)
carinatus 'keeled' (refers to the median ridge on abdominal terga)

Size

2.5 mm(1)

Identification

Similar to T. costalis, except pale reddish-brown, densely punctate. Pubescence short, appressed. Vertex with median frontal groove broader, not connected by branches with the fovea. Basal abdominal tergite with a median ridge, as well as one each side on the 2nd and 3rd dorsal segments.(1)

Range

e.US

Remarks

They do not appear to be obligate associates of ants or termites, but do seem to like to be with one or the other ―D.S. Chandler

Works Cited

1.An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana.
Blatchley, W. S. 1910. Indianapolis,Nature Pub. Co.
Contributed by Richard Lareau on 13 April, 2007 - 2:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 30 June, 2025 - 9:53am

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