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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Xantholininae » Diochini » Diochus » Diochus schaumi
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Rove beetle - Diochus schaumi
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Rove beetle - Diochus schaumi
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
November 12, 2009
A pair found mating in the tray under an indoor house plant. Also visible in this shot is a tiny (oribatid?) mite.

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Rove beetle - Diochus schaumi Diochus schaumi - male - female
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 December, 2009 - 6:41pm
Last updated 10 December, 2009 - 7:30pm

Spelling change
To those of you with editor status,

I don't know where it started...but schaumii should actually be spelled 'schaumi' - I realize I've been perpetuating this improper spelling and I apologize

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 19 December, 2009 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Fixed
Thanks, Adam.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 December, 2009 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 10 December, 2009 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Actually Staphylininae
This is a very neat photo of Diochus schaumii, often collected from wet debris - so weird to find out this was in a house! The pronotal shape and its relative flatness is what first tipped me off - I was thinking of something Lobrathium-like (would make more sense in a house). Do you have any more photos of the couple together??

Cheers,

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 10 December, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! - photo added...
it was hard to get a shot with both of them in focus. No idea how they got there--the plant was up on its own shelf, 4-5 feet off the floor and away from any other plants.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 December, 2009 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Paederinae...
that's as far as I can go :)
… Blaine Mathison, 9 December, 2009 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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