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Photo#52643
Copyright © 2006
Tony DiTerlizzi
Iridescent Rove Beetle -
Philonthus
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2006
Size: ~1 cm
Shot in a field behind my house. Nice colors...
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Contributed by
Tony DiTerlizzi
on 17 May, 2006 - 5:22pm
Last updated 19 March, 2021 - 10:17am
Moved
Moved from
Philonthus politus
.
Antennae too slender, head not wide enough.
P. tenuicornis
might be (but do not see enough of diagnostic features)
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Boris Büche
, 19 March, 2021 - 10:17am
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Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Philonthus politus
One of the larger Philonthus species.
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Donald S. Chandler
, 17 May, 2006 - 7:22pm
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