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Rove Beetle - Gymnusa grandiceps - female

Rove Beetle - Gymnusa grandiceps - Female
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 21, 2013
Size: 6.5mm

Gymnusa grandiceps Casey, female
Moved from Gymnusa atra. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.

Not visible in the photo, but first antennomere distinctly longer than the second, indicative of G. grandiceps.

Moved
Moved from Aleocharinae.

Gymnusa?
Gymnusa?

 
I still have it
but it's already in 70% isopropyl. I can send it off to you if you're interested.
I found it in a sedge tussock at the edge of a vernal pool.

 
I got enough of this species,
I got enough of this species, atra, so I don't need it for DNA. Thanks though, Tom. I figured out that you need to tread way submerged clumps of vegetation (i.e. if you're not using rubber boots you're not far out into the water enough). I'd be curious to see how abundantly you encounter them in Massachusetts. Have you seen any Philotermes lately? Got one the other day, no should be a good time of year.

 
G. atra
Taro, thanks for the ID and info about collecting them.
I just started looking for the Philotermes a few days ago and haven't found any yet. The weather hasn't been good very many days so far, with drizzle and temps in the low 40's today.

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.

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