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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 » Philonthina » Cafius » Cafius lithocharinus
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rove - Cafius lithocharinus
Copyright © 2011 Kevin Lentz

rove - Cafius lithocharinus
Dana Point, Orange County, California, USA
April 22, 2011
Size: 12mm
Rove beetle, found at the beach.

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Contributed by Kevin Lentz on 22 April, 2011 - 9:10pm
Last updated 21 February, 2018 - 11:10pm

Moved
Moved from Cafius lithocharinus.
… Alice Abela, 21 February, 2018 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cafius.
… Aaron Schusteff, 25 March, 2015 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

Cafius lithocharinus
Thinking Cafius lithocharinus based on the pale apical margin on the elytra
… Alice Abela, 29 December, 2014 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks, Alice, for taking the time to give this a look! Definitely seems similar to the one you have IDed as that.
… Kevin Lentz, 29 December, 2014 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paederinae.
… v belov, 24 April, 2011 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

This is a species of Cafius,
This is a species of Cafius,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 23 April, 2011 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 April, 2011 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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