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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Medonina » Sunius
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Rove beetle - Sunius
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Rove beetle - Sunius
Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 13, 2009
Found under the bark of a dead tree. My best guess is Oxytelinae...
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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 13 April, 2009 - 10:34pm
Last updated 15 April, 2009 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from Rugilus.
… WonGun Kim, 15 April, 2009 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

This guy's neck is too wide f
This guy's neck is too wide for Rugilus, this is something like Sun*ius but I'd need to check my stuff at the lab to be sure of the genus. If it's Sun*ius, it would be very difficult to give a species ID.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 14 April, 2009 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
This is definitely a species
This is definitely a species of Sunius, but identifying this to species is way beyond my expertise.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 15 April, 2009 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 15 April, 2009 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Rugilus
Adam should be able to tell sp.
… v belov, 13 April, 2009 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

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