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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 » Cafius » Cafius lithocharinus
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Rove Beetle - Cafius lithocharinus
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Rove Beetle - Cafius lithocharinus
Ano Nuevo State Preserve, San Mateo County, California, USA
September 20, 2009
Perhaps a Cafius?
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 7 November, 2009 - 1:47am
Last updated 25 March, 2015 - 11:50pm

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… Aaron Schusteff, 25 March, 2015 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

Cafius lithocharinus
I'm pretty sure this is Cafius lithocharinus based on the pale apical margin of the elytra. When present this seems to be a good / readily visible diagnosis for this species.
… Alice Abela, 29 December, 2014 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
Thanks Alice :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 25 March, 2015 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 10 December, 2009 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

It looks to be so, different
It looks to be so, different from most of your other ones

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 8 November, 2009 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Adam
It seems to lack (obvious) pubescence on the abdomen, so I think it may take the couplet opposing that of C. canescens and C. seminitens in the key of Orth and Moore's 1980 revision.

I've been quite busy with work for months now...but I'll try to see if I can make any progress with that key if and when other obligations settle down (though my photos and ID skills with this group may well be insufficient for the task). Thanks again.
… Aaron Schusteff, 9 November, 2009 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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