Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Sponsor
The Coleopterists Society supports BugGuide.

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Spiny-legged Rove Beetles (Oxytelinae) » Blediini » Bledius » annularis group (Bledius annularis group) » Bledius annularis
Photo#602935
Rove Beetle - Bledius annularis
Copyright © 2011 Richard Migneault

Rove Beetle - Bledius annularis
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
September 18, 2011
Size: 3,2mm
Which genus or species?
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Richard Migneault on 21 December, 2011 - 6:00pm
Last updated 24 January, 2013 - 5:25pm

Moved
Moved from Bledius.
… v belov, 24 January, 2013 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Bledius annularis LeConte (complex)
I agree that shape of the pronotum doesn't look like Carpelimus, and does look more Bledius-like. There are, however, no species of Bledius in this region that that have a dark elytra like this. Possibly this is a very-dark specimen of the Bledius annularis LeConte (complex)
… Christopher Majka, 24 January, 2013 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carpelimus.
… Tim Loh, 22 December, 2011 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

This actually looks like a Bl
This actually looks like a Bledius to me,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 22 December, 2011 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aleocharinae.
… v belov, 21 December, 2011 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact