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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Philonthina » Hesperus » Hesperus baltimorensis
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Rove Beetle - Hesperus baltimorensis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Rove Beetle - Hesperus baltimorensis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2005
Size: 13mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 September, 2005 - 10:56pm
Last updated 30 November, 2005 - 3:36pm

Outstanding image.
This is a fabulous image. Wish I could say I know what species (or even genus or tribe or subfamily!) this is.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 September, 2005 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Maybe a beetle expert can put ad ID on this one.
… tom murray, 19 September, 2005 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Staphylinidae: Staphylininae
I can place it to subfamily, but while the color pattern is distinctive, I don't recognize it. Hesperus baltimorenisis is what I originally thought, but now suspect that it is not correct.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 November, 2005 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Hesperus baltimorensis
While rechecking another Hesperus questioned by Jim McClarin, I did confirm that H. baltimorensis is the likely name for this image.
… Donald S. Chandler, 30 November, 2005 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

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