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Rove beetle  - Coproporus ventriculus

Rove beetle - Coproporus ventriculus
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
September 13, 2010
Size: 2.5mm
Is it Coproporus ventriculus?

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Coproporus ventriculus (Say)
I thinkCoproporus ventriculus (Say) is probably correct. The photographs aren't very detailed but one can see enough that I'm satisfied that the pronotum is glabrous characteristic of Coproporus, which would distinguish it from the sparsely pubescent pronota of Sepedophilus. A good find.

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