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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 Microsaurus (Quedius subgenus Microsaurus) » Quedius peregrinus
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rove beetle - Quedius peregrinus
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

rove beetle - Quedius peregrinus
Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
June 29, 2010
Size: 9mm
Caught by sweep netting weedy vegetation along a snowmobile trail.
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 June, 2010 - 9:01pm
Last updated 1 July, 2010 - 7:16am

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
Thanks Adam. This one looks a lot better than my previous picture of Quedius peregrinus.
… tom murray, 1 July, 2010 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
I just wanted to add that thi
I just wanted to add that this species is highly variable in color; the pronotum or elytra (or both) can be reddish-orange. You have shot two of these combinations now.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 1 July, 2010 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

Quedius peregrinus, I've swep
Quedius peregrinus, I've swept one from a field before too - they seem to be found haphazardly like this. Otherwise, they are collected in boggy habitat by pitfalls.

Adam
… Adam Brunke, 1 July, 2010 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

Quedius
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