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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Proteininae » Megarthrus » Megarthrus pictus
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bioblitz beetle #3098 - Megarthrus pictus
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

bioblitz beetle #3098 - Megarthrus pictus
Bioblitz Zone 6, Point Defiance Park, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 21, 2011
Size: under 5 mm
Found under a piece of wood... I assume fungus beetle.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 22 May, 2011 - 12:51pm
Last updated 28 January, 2014 - 8:24pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Megarthrus.
… v belov, 28 January, 2014 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Megarthrus pictus
Cool. Thanks everyone!
… Lynette Elliott, 1 February, 2014 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

pictus is the only species at
pictus is the only species at least here in the Northwest that has a color pattern like that. Also the habitat agrees; I have found a number of them under moist rotten wood
… D K DeYoung, 18 July, 2013 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Deinopteroloma.
… v belov, 25 May, 2011 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

Actually I believe this is a
Actually I believe this is a Megarthrus as Blaine suggested. This can be identified to species, I think it's pictus or something along those lines. I'll try to look it up tomorrow,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 22 May, 2011 - 10:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Megarthrus and I think pictus
(without key or other references available just now). Having a color pattern is unusual among North American species (but not the Asian ones).
… Margaret Thayer, 20 June, 2011 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
sure, my bad...
was carried away, have to be more mindful and aware of my surroundings
vade retro Alzheimer
… v belov, 25 May, 2011 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 22 May, 2011 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

perhaps Staphylinidae...
try Megarthrus or thereabouts...
… Blaine Mathison, 22 May, 2011 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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