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Copyright © 2007 tom murray

rove beetle - Quedius alesi

Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
September 25, 2007
Size: ~8mm

Contributed by tom murray on 27 September, 2007 - 8:55pm
Last updated 12 January, 2021 - 1:16pm

Moved

Moved from Quedius erythrogaster.

… Curt Harden, 12 January, 2021 - 1:16pm

Looks like a good match

Moved from Quedius.

… tom murray, 1 October, 2007 - 8:02am

Compares

well with specimens identified as erythrogaster in the collection.

… Donald S. Chandler, 24 October, 2007 - 2:52pm

Suggestion

I searched Nearctica for a name that points to a red abdomen (unusual feature in Quedius), and found Quedius erythrogaster.
Looks pretty good . . .

… Boris Büche, 1 October, 2007 - 2:38am

Thanks Boris

This one does look different than the other Quedius in the guide. Maybe that'll help in identifying it.

… tom murray, 29 September, 2007 - 7:30am

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 . . .

… Boris Büche, 29 September, 2007 - 4:28am

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