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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) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Quediina » Quedius » subgenus Microsaurus (Quedius subgenus Microsaurus) » Quedius cruentus
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Red-tailed staphilinid - Quedius cruentus
Copyright © 2020 Jonas Insinga

Red-tailed staphilinid - Quedius cruentus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
September 26, 2020
Size: app. 5-6 mm
Found within our compost bin, perched atop a head of decaying red leaf lettuce.
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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 27 September, 2020 - 12:47pm
Last updated 30 September, 2020 - 5:43pm

Moved
Moved from Staphylinini.
… Jonas Insinga, 30 September, 2020 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

This looks like Quedius cruen
This looks like Quedius cruentus, an introduced species

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Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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