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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Ocypus » Ocypus nitens
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Large Rove Beetle - Ocypus nitens
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Large Rove Beetle - Ocypus nitens
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
April 8, 2011
Size: 13 mm
Under loose bark on a White pine log. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 9 April, 2011 - 12:37am
Last updated 7 May, 2011 - 3:51pm

Hi Karl, Would you mind if
Hi Karl,

Would you mind if I used this collection data in a short paper that I am writing?

Thanks in advance,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 28 January, 2016 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes!
Sure, you can use the data. Thanks for asking. Karl
… Karl Hillig, 29 January, 2016 - 5:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 7 May, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

This is Ocypus nitens, an exo
This is Ocypus nitens, an exotic species. Second record for NY, very close to the first locality. Still waiting to see this pop up in Ontario,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 7 May, 2011 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

Moved to family level to be seen by experts.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 April, 2011 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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