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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Micropeplinae » Micropeplus » Micropeplus punctatus
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Micropeplus tesserula - Micropeplus punctatus
Copyright © 2011 Gary Griswold

Micropeplus tesserula - Micropeplus punctatus
Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
March 20, 2011
Size: 2.5 mm
Debris partially under stump, ran through berlese trap.

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Contributed by Gary Griswold on 20 March, 2011 - 3:26pm
Last updated 18 February, 2015 - 11:08pm

Moved
Moved from Micropeplus.
… Gary Griswold, 18 February, 2015 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Micropeplus tesserula.
… v belov, 24 October, 2012 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Can't see the characters
Need to see the elytra in better focus. Appears to have a third, though somewhat weaker, discal costa that is obsolete basally, but not clear from picture, and sides of the pronotum are not angulate. If so, then M. punctatus. If only two elytral costae, then need a clear profile view of abdomen to assess median carina.
… Chris Carlton, 7 November, 2013 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Micropeplus
Hi Gary,

this is not Micropeplus tesserula because it has deeply impressed punctures on the elytral intervals.

M. tesserula has the elytral intervals impunctate.
… Arved Lompe, 3 October, 2011 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Arved
What do you propose it is then?

Thanks,

Gary
… Gary Griswold, 3 October, 2011 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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