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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 » Quediina » Quedius » subgenus Microsaurus (Quedius subgenus Microsaurus)
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blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius
Copyright © 2018 Emile

blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius
Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, California, USA
October 19, 2018
Size: ~~ 6 mm (rough guess)
Found, early morning, motionless on stucco wall of building adjacent to canyon.

Staphylinini ? Perhaps Philonthus or Quedius ?

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blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius blackish rove beetle with brownish extremities, densely punctured short elytra, and sparsely punctured head - Quedius
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Contributed by Emile on 30 October, 2018 - 3:30pm
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 8:03pm

Moved
Moved from Staphylinini.
… v belov, 15 November, 2020 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome, =V= !!
Awesome that you got this one to subgenus !
You're the best, =V= !

Of the eleven described Quedius (Microsuarus) species, I've only found one that has been recorded from California: Q. laevigatus.
This species has reportedly been introduced into California, which is plausible, as it was found at the edge of urbanization.
… Emile, 15 November, 2020 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Credit correction
I just saw that Adam Brunke provided the ID in the comments with the second photo, after I already presumptuously credited =V= here.

Thanks, Adam !
… Emile, 16 November, 2020 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Large Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 12 July, 2020 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for tribalizing this one, =V= !
… Emile, 13 July, 2020 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 24 December, 2018 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for getting it closer, Curt !
… Emile, 25 December, 2018 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

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