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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Xantholininae » Xantholinini » Stenistoderus » Stenistoderus rubripennis
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Awesome winged ant - Stenistoderus rubripennis
Copyright © 2017 Shannon Schade

Awesome winged ant - Stenistoderus rubripennis
Colora, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
June 12, 2017

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Awesome winged ant - Stenistoderus rubripennis Awesome winged ant - Stenistoderus rubripennis
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Contributed by Shannon Schade on 22 June, 2017 - 10:18pm
Last updated 15 July, 2017 - 3:57pm

Moved
Moved from Xantholinini.
… v belov, 15 July, 2017 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 15 July, 2017 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 June, 2017 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

staphylinidae
rove beetle
… metrioptera, 22 June, 2017 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
WOW!
Thank you! At first glance I thought it was a Rove beetle, but cropped, it looked like an ant. Is this possibly mimicry?
… Shannon Schade , 22 June, 2017 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
In the Tribe Xantholinini I believe.
… Jeff Brown, 22 June, 2017 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Very cool, new one for me!
… Shannon Schade , 22 June, 2017 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

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