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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-loving Beetles (Pselaphinae) » Faronitae » Megarafonus » Megarafonus lentus
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Megarafonus lentus Schuster and Marsh 1958 - Megarafonus lentus
Copyright © 2016 Rod Rood

Megarafonus lentus Schuster and Marsh 1958 - Megarafonus lentus
Mary's Peak Elev: 2780', Benton County, Oregon, USA
June 4, 2014
Determinations by Ferro (species) and Rood (genus)
Genitalia work by Ferro
One male and two females identified in sample
Extracted from bulk sample for Staphylinidae research

Oregon: Benton County
Mary's Peak Elev: 2780'
Barrier Pitfall Trap
44° 29.760' N
123° 32.661' W
I/27/2014-VI/4/2014
Scarab research
Ron McPeak

Images by Megan Asche w WSU Auto Montage camera

References:

Hatch, M. H. 1962. The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part III. Pselaphidae and Diversicornia I. University of Washington Publications in Biology Vol: 16: Seattle, Wash. 503 pp.

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille,
1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL. ix + 443 p.

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