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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Athetini » Athetina » Dinaraea » Dinaraea angustula
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rove beetle - Dinaraea angustula
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

rove beetle - Dinaraea angustula
Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
March 19, 2010
Size: 3.3mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 March, 2010 - 2:17pm
Last updated 20 March, 2010 - 4:40pm

what a relief...
what's then its native range? Europe?
… v belov, 20 March, 2010 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

 
That's right, lives mostly in
That's right, lives mostly in disturbed habitat here, decaying vegetation and in crop fields
… Adam Brunke, 20 March, 2010 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

oopsie...
having a sp. name for an aleo feels so weird and sweet -- thanx, Adam

Moved from Dinaraea angustula.
… v belov, 20 March, 2010 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually V, that's my mistake
Actually V, that's my mistake...this species is correctly 'angustula'

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 20 March, 2010 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 20 March, 2010 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

This looks rather like Dinara
This looks rather like Dinaraea angustulata, an introduced species. It feels so strange to identify an aleo, but I have numerous determined specimens by J. Klimaszewski.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 20 March, 2010 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

aleo; hopefully, narrowdownable
:]
… v belov, 20 March, 2010 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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