Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Ocellate Rove Beetles (Omaliinae) » Omaliini » Phloeonomus » Phloeonomus laesicollis
Photo#376577
Rove beetle - Phloeonomus laesicollis
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Rove beetle - Phloeonomus laesicollis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 12, 2010
Size: 2mm

Images of this individual: tag all
Rove beetle - Phloeonomus laesicollis Rove beetle - Phloeonomus laesicollis Rove beetle - Phloeonomus laesicollis
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by tom murray on 12 March, 2010 - 8:13pm
Last updated 9 July, 2010 - 7:31pm

Moved
Moved from Omaliini.
… Margaret Thayer, 9 July, 2010 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles. Should be either Phloeonomus laesicollis or Phloeostiba lapponica, though the elytra look less microsculptured and the elytral punctures a little coarser than in the specimens I checked. That could be a matter of lighting.
Tom, any chance of an additional shot of the head and pronotum a little more straight dorsally? The pronotum should have either the middle area flat with a longitudinal internal dark line near the base (lapponica) or the middle area with two shallow impressions and a slightly raised area between them (laesicollis - see Jim McClarin's photos of that species). I think the shape of the pronotum looks a bit more like laesicollis.
… Margaret Thayer, 13 March, 2010 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Close up added
Is there enough detail to determine which one it is?
… tom murray, 13 March, 2010 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for checking this one, Margaret --
looks indeed a lot like laesicollis -- which i'm pretty sure it'll turn out to be
… v belov, 13 March, 2010 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact