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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Halobrecta » Halobrecta algophila
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rove beetle - Halobrecta algophila
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

rove beetle - Halobrecta algophila
Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 18, 2008
Size: ~2mm
Found under a board on the beach. I also noticed quite a few walking around on the beach sand.
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Contributed by tom murray on 19 March, 2008 - 8:27pm
Last updated 22 March, 2008 - 8:55am

Moved
It's nice when there aren't any choices once you get to the genus.
… tom murray, 22 March, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

head having strong punctures,
general habitus, mode of hair deployment on pronotum, and habitat strongly indicate genus Halobrecta. This is not really an ID, but sufficient so for bugguide, I think.
Nearctica lists but one species: Halobrecta algophila Fenyes 1909 (Atheta)
… Boris Büche, 22 March, 2008 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

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