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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Euaesthetinae » Euaesthetini » Edaphus » Edaphus nitidus
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Staph - Edaphus nitidus
Copyright © 2012 Kyle Schnepp

Staph - Edaphus nitidus
Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
August 17, 2012
Size: 1.1 mm
Berlesed from material in hollow beech tree.

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Contributed by Kyle Schnepp on 18 December, 2012 - 4:45pm
Last updated 20 December, 2012 - 11:24am

Moved
Moved from Edaphus. Genitalia match E. nitidus in Puthz's 1974 revision of Edaphus.
… Kyle Schnepp, 20 December, 2012 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

New genus for bugguide!
Moved from Euaesthetinae. This genus does look a lot like a psela*phine.
… Margaret Thayer, 18 December, 2012 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
yaaaay!!
… v belov, 18 December, 2012 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks everyone,
No wonder I couldn't key it out in the Pselaphines!
… Kyle Schnepp, 19 December, 2012 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

thanks, Don.
the idea did cross my mind...
Moved from Ant-loving Beetles.
… v belov, 18 December, 2012 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Euaesthetinae
easily placeable to genus if one knows the two eastern genera off-hand (I don't).
… Donald S. Chandler, 18 December, 2012 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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