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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 » Quediina » Quedius » subgenus Quedius (Quedius subgenus Quedius) » Quedius curtipennis
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rove beetle - Quedius curtipennis
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

rove beetle - Quedius curtipennis
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
April 1, 2010
Size: 12mm
Found in leaf litter near a stream.

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rove beetle - Quedius curtipennis rove beetle head close up - Quedius curtipennis rove beetle scutellum - Quedius curtipennis
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Contributed by tom murray on 2 April, 2010 - 9:14am
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 11:00pm

Moved
Moved from Quedius.
… v belov, 2 April, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

This is Quedius, subgenus Que
This is Quedius, subgenus Quedius, but I would need a head shot and/or a scutellum shot, to go further with the key. Could be curti*pennis


Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 April, 2010 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Close ups added
Hopefully the shots of the head and scutellum do the trick:-)
… tom murray, 2 April, 2010 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Tom, Even though the s
Hi Tom,

Even though the scutellum looks kind of punctate, I'll just pass this off as photo artefact, the head shot is distinctive for curtipennis, an introduced species. There are two pairs of punctures between the eyes, and in this case (and usually) one of those pairs is doubled up.

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 2 April, 2010 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
I'm keeping Adam busy:-)
… tom murray, 2 April, 2010 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

special Quedius
i'm sure Adam can tell sp.
… v belov, 2 April, 2010 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

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