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

rove beetle
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
April 6, 2010
Size: 3.4mm
Found in leaf litter.

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Contributed by tom murray on 8 April, 2010 - 4:50pm
Last updated 5 January, 2011 - 3:12pm

Moved
Moved from Aleocharinae.
… v belov, 5 January, 2011 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

really difficult group. it's
really difficult group. it's probably an athetine, my weakest group. atheta (s.lat.) is a really conservative guess, but maybe Philhygra? A careful inspection is necessary, and even then, these genera are so artificial it'll be hard to be sure still.
… K. Taro Eldredge, 12 April, 2010 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

 
Atheta/Philhygra?
Taro, thanks for narrowing down the possibilities. Aleocharinae is a difficult subfamily, and you're doing great with them.
… tom murray, 12 April, 2010 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… tom murray, 8 April, 2010 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

This aleo is fairly distincti
This aleo is fairly distinctive looking, I'd like to guess that an expert could place it to genus from the two photos..

-Adam
… Adam Brunke, 8 April, 2010 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

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