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Quedius alesi
Photo#148610
Copyright © 2007
tom murray
rove beetle -
Quedius alesi
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
September 25, 2007
Size: ~8mm
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 27 September, 2007 - 8:55pm
Last updated 12 January, 2021 - 1:16pm
Moved
Moved from
Quedius erythrogaster
.
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Curt Harden
, 12 January, 2021 - 1:16pm
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Looks like a good match
Moved from
Quedius
.
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tom murray
, 1 October, 2007 - 8:02am
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Compares
well with specimens identified as erythrogaster in the collection.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 24 October, 2007 - 2:52pm
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Suggestion
I searched Nearctica for a name that points to a red abdomen (unusual feature in Quedius), and found
Quedius erythrogaster
.
Looks pretty good . . .
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Boris Büche
, 1 October, 2007 - 2:38am
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Thanks Boris
This one does look different than the other Quedius in the guide. Maybe that'll help in identifying it.
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tom murray
, 29 September, 2007 - 7:30am
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first I thought it will be
this one:
but yours seems not to have the many punctures on head and pronotum, and the form of pronotum indicates Quedi*us sp. (Microsaurus subgenus, different features taken into account). Guess it can be identified, remarcably coulored as it is . . .
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Boris Büche
, 29 September, 2007 - 4:28am
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