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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Staphylininae » Staphylinini » Philonthina » Philonthus » Philonthus cruentatus
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Staphylinidae - Philonthus cruentatus
Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Staphylinidae - Philonthus cruentatus
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
February 28, 2009
Under cow dung
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 2 March, 2009 - 12:10am
Last updated 5 March, 2009 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from Philonthus varians.
… margarethe brummermann, 5 March, 2009 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Mistake
Hi Margarethe,

I had some names mixed up in my head a couple days ago. This is actually Philonthus cruentatus, a similar species on dung/compost that has a much wider red mark on the elytra.

Sorry about this!
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 5 March, 2009 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for correcting it!
I'llmove
… margarethe brummermann, 5 March, 2009 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Philonthus.
… margarethe brummermann, 3 March, 2009 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Philonthus
almost sure. In Europe, species of the P.varians-Group have this appearance, and they can be found on dung.
… Boris Büche, 2 March, 2009 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

 
Philonthus varians is an intr
Philonthus varians is an introduced species from Europe, and is indeed who you have found.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 3 March, 2009 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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