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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ocypus » Ocypus nitens
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Ocypus nitens
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Ocypus nitens
Nasonworth, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
May 2, 2018
Fairly sure on ID.

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Contributed by Hohenems on 3 May, 2018 - 10:06am
Last updated 4 May, 2018 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from Large Rove Beetles.
… Hohenems, 4 May, 2018 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

Definitely Ocypus nitens, a n
Definitely Ocypus nitens, a new record for New Brunswick!


Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 4 May, 2018 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Thanks Adam. I've sent pictures around and posted on other websites as well as sent images to local experts. There was some disagreement as to genus, but the majority favored O. nitens. I'm surprisingly excited by this considering it isn't native. Thanks again! :-)
… Hohenems, 4 May, 2018 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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