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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Spiny-legged Rove Beetles (Oxytelinae) » Oxytelini » Carpelimus » Carpelimus quadripunctatus
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4-leaf clover rove - Carpelimus quadripunctatus
Copyright © 2008 Tim Moyer

4-leaf clover rove - Carpelimus quadripunctatus
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
April 18, 2008
Size: ~3.3mm
the pattern on the pronotum of this rove struck me as similar to a 4-leaf clover. suggestions welcome :)

came to UV light

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4-leaf clover rove - Carpelimus quadripunctatus 4-leaf clover rove - Carpelimus quadripunctatus
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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 14 May, 2008 - 12:15pm
Last updated 4 October, 2011 - 10:43pm

Moved
Moved from Carpelimus.
… Tim Moyer, 4 October, 2011 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Carpelimus quadripunctatus (S
Carpelimus quadripunctatus (Say, 1831)
… György Makranczy, 4 October, 2011 - 2:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
first one to species in this genus :)
… Tim Moyer, 4 October, 2011 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Carpelimus
The real difficulty with the 80 or so Carpelimus species from the Nearctics is that the species described 100-150 years ago are not the same ones that you find in collections today. Most of the modern materials are from light traps, while the old ones were collected in an actual habitat (frequently gone by today). But I do not see collectors these days go into the mud and hand-collect Carpelimus... And only a smaller fraction of Carpelimus fly to light.
… György Makranczy, 5 October, 2011 - 2:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 16 May, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Oxytelinae
Genus will come soon, if someone else doesn't get to it first.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 15 May, 2008 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
possibly?
Thanks Adam! Possibly this genus?

I've lots of Roves to ID from my backyard survey, but little experience with them. So more to come :)
… Tim Moyer, 15 May, 2008 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
That's it
I think I see the right impression on the scutellum.
… Adam Brunke, 16 May, 2008 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

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