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Little rove of sorts.. - Lithocharis ochracea
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Little rove of sorts.. - Lithocharis ochracea
2.5 miles East of Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
July 29, 2017
Size: ~ 3 mm
Came to U/V light at night. Small Staphylinid of sorts.. Help and further placement appreciated.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 4 August, 2017 - 1:00pm
Last updated 5 March, 2021 - 11:23am

Moved
Moved from Lithocharis ochracea.
… v belov, 5 March, 2021 - 11:23am

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… Gary Griswold, 8 August, 2017 - 2:16pm

Upon the information,
provider from liptaster, see comments in lateral view of this specimen. I'm going to move tentatively to Lithocharis orchracea. Research using Hatch's Beetles of the Pacific Northwest suggest no other lookalikes. As per the already submitted L. orchracea from Nova Scotia this specimen should be in the subgenus Lithocharis. There is another subgenus listed from Hatch, Pseudomedon with a species within that of orchracea. But the Lithocharis Pseudomedon orchracea and the Lithocharis Lithocharis orchracea are different and are so described by Hatch.
… Gary Griswold, 8 August, 2017 - 2:14pm

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