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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) » Xantholininae » Diochini » Diochus » Diochus schaumi
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rove beetle - Diochus schaumi
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

rove beetle - Diochus schaumi
Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 14, 2008
Size: 4.5mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 14 March, 2008 - 6:18pm
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Staphylininae.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 December, 2008 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Been staring at this a long time
I've finally figured this out: Diochus schaumii. Nothing else in Staphylininae has a neck this thin PLUS elytra that don't overlap. While this species is highly variable in color, the colors of this specimen are fairly close to another photo here.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 27 December, 2008 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… tom murray, 15 March, 2008 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Staphylininae sp.
:-)
… Boris Büche, 15 March, 2008 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

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