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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Proteininae » Proteinus » Proteinus basalis
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Nitidulidae? - Proteinus basalis
Copyright © 2015 Scott Gilmore

Nitidulidae? - Proteinus basalis
Lantzville, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
February 15, 2015
Size: 1.8mm
My son has been keen to set up a pit trap all winter. Yesterday we finally did. It is in the middle of a leaf pile in the backyard and we baited it with some banana peel. Overnight we caught a bunch of collembola and this one beetle. It reminds me of a Dusky Sap Beetle but is way smaller and the shape is a little different. Of course I could be in the wrong family!

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Contributed by Scott Gilmore on 15 February, 2015 - 5:44pm
Last updated 18 February, 2015 - 10:57pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Beetles.

Will try and get some better images soon
… Scott Gilmore, 18 February, 2015 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

thinking Staphylinidae
Proteinus? Or thereabouts?
… Blaine Mathison, 15 February, 2015 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine
Sure looks similar to

Collected in BC at the same time of year. Will look into it a little more tomorrow.
… Scott Gilmore, 16 February, 2015 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

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