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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Tachyporini » Palporus » Palporus nitidulus
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Tachyporus? - Palporus nitidulus
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Tachyporus? - Palporus nitidulus
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
January 27, 2023
Size: 3 mm
UAIC-1139341
Las Lagunas de Anza Wetlands
Coordinates: 31.390535, -110.956056
Elevation: 3,648 ft
Found by sifting leaf litter
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 31 January, 2023 - 7:27pm
Last updated 23 February, 2023 - 8:18am

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.

Yes! The apical segment of the maxillary palpus triangular, distinctly shorter than the width of the penultimate segment and the fringe of white pubescence on the apex of the seventh tergite are characteristic.
… Pierrick BLOIN, 23 February, 2023 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Pierrick!
I appreciate your help with IDs; especially your identification tips.
… Salvador Vitanza, 23 February, 2023 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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