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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Paederinae » Lathrobiini » Echiasterina » Myrmecosaurus » Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
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Myrmecophilous staph! - Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
Copyright © 2012 J. Anderson

Myrmecophilous staph! - Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus
Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
December 26, 2011
In a Solenopsis invicta colony collected using the drip flotation method. Sadly this colony didn't make it as it was left in the sun for a bit to long during the day.

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Contributed by J. Anderson on 2 January, 2012 - 8:04am
Last updated 4 May, 2015 - 1:41pm

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.

Det Adam Brunke
… J. Anderson, 2 January, 2012 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
awesome
… v belov, 2 January, 2012 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Hmm
Can't seem to find any records of this neat staph from SC. Might it be a state record?
… J. Anderson, 2 January, 2012 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, probably new SC record
Nice find, and thanks for the link to the drip flotation method.
The species has been recorded (in publications) from AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC and I have a record from TX (Brazos Co.) in Ed Riley's collection. Two papers of possible interest:
Cornell, J. F. & J. S. Ashe. 2006. New Coleoptera records for North Carolina. Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (4): 506. [2005]
Frank, J. H. 1977. Myrmecosaurus ferrugineus, an Argentinian beetle from fire ant nests in the United States. Florida Entomologist 60: 31-36.
We cited the Frank one in American Beetles and it's available freely online through the Fla Ent website. Cornell & Ashe is freely available online to Coleopterists Society members (or if you have BioOne access); I can send you a pdf if you need it.
… Margaret Thayer, 2 January, 2012 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dr. Thayer!
I have accessed both of the articles. Luckily my school provides access to JSTOR, a wonderful resource. This is one cool beetle. I'll be doing more drip-flotation of fire ant mounds this summer. Any beetles or other organisms I should look for?
… J. Anderson, 2 January, 2012 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
easily; ask Adam and the ant folks
… v belov, 2 January, 2012 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

so cool... Phloeocharinae??
… v belov, 2 January, 2012 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

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