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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ocypus » Ocypus nitens
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Rove Beetle - Ocypus nitens
Copyright © 2007 Dann Thombs

Rove Beetle - Ocypus nitens
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
October 13, 2007
Genus Tasgius or Ocypus. I'm thinking more along the lines of Tasgius melanarius.
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Contributed by Dann Thombs on 26 November, 2007 - 1:27pm
Last updated 4 August, 2008 - 10:41am

Moved
Moved from Tasgius.
Anchored by reference specimen for the species examined.
… Boris Büche, 4 August, 2008 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the positive ID.
Thanks for the positive ID.
… Dann Thombs, 4 August, 2008 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Dan, Do you mind if I u
Hi Dan,

Do you mind if I use this collection data for a short paper that I am writing?

Thanks in advance,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 31 January, 2016 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, any of my images are fre
Yes, any of my images are free to use for educational purposes. See my profile for a link to my Flickr page which has higher resolution photos
… Dann Thombs, 31 January, 2016 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 3 January, 2008 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

Either . . .
or another species, recently introduced. Compare my comment here:
… Boris Büche, 27 November, 2007 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

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