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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ocypus » Ocypus nitens
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long bug - Ocypus nitens
Copyright © 2007 Steven Price

long bug - Ocypus nitens
fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 22, 2007
Size: 1 - 1.25 inches
This specimen was found inside our house. We are unsure of how or when it got in.

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long bug - Ocypus nitens long bug - Ocypus nitens
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Contributed by Steven Price on 23 April, 2007 - 12:35pm
Last updated 4 August, 2008 - 10:41am

Hi Steven, Would you mind
Hi Steven,

Would you mind if I used this collection data for a short paper that I'm writing?

Thanks in advance,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 31 January, 2016 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tasgius.
Anchored by reference specimen for the species examined.
… Boris Büche, 4 August, 2008 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

ID pending
compare notes left here:
… Boris Büche, 24 July, 2007 - 6:01am login or register to post comments

Rove Beetle
It is a Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae) : probably the species Tasgius melanarius.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 23 April, 2007 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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