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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ant-loving Beetles (Pselaphinae) » Goniaceritae » Brachyglutini » Decarthron
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Pselaphinae - Ant-loving Beetle - Decarthron - male
Copyright © 2009 Tim Moyer

Pselaphinae - Ant-loving Beetle - Decarthron - Male
Medford, (~25 miles east of Philadelphia, PA) Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
April 25, 2009
Size: 1.5mm
a little blurry, but this one appears different than my previous finds from this subfamily. further suggestions welcome :)

came to UV light

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 8 May, 2009 - 11:24am
Last updated 15 May, 2009 - 12:24pm

Moved - Thanks Don
I was trying a differnt optics set-up here, which appears to work great sometimes but not all the time. I'll try to re-image with my usual set-up and perhaps we can see the mesofemur better.

Moved from Ant-loving Beetles.
… Tim Moyer, 11 May, 2009 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

Decarthron sp.
It is a male, you can see the dorsal margin of the mesofemora is slightly modified, possibly/probably D. abnorme, but really can't see it well enough to be sure.
… Donald S. Chandler, 10 May, 2009 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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