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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Crab-like Rove Beetles (Tachyporinae) » Tachyporini » Tachyporus » Tachyporus abdominalis
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rove beetle - Tachyporus abdominalis
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

rove beetle - Tachyporus abdominalis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 3, 2010
Size: 3.3mm
Found in leaf litter.

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rove beetle - Tachyporus abdominalis rove beetle - Tachyporus abdominalis
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Contributed by tom murray on 3 October, 2010 - 9:33pm
Last updated 19 November, 2010 - 6:40pm

Moved
Moved from Tachyporus nitidulus.
I can understaand how one of these can be mistaken by identifying from a photograph. The specimens really make the ID firm.
… tom murray, 19 November, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Hi Tom, I made an error..
Hi Tom,

I made an error.. The last maxillary palpomere looked rather fat in the photos but it is clearly slender on the specimen. This excludes T. nitidulus and this is instead: T. abdominalis. Way more interesting species. The paler head is characteristic (also sometimes in T. nitidulus).

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 19 November, 2010 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
Thanks Adam. Now I got this one in the spring and the fall.
… tom murray, 3 October, 2010 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

This should be Tachyporus nit
This should be Tachyporus nitidulus,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 3 October, 2010 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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