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Rove Beetle - Carpelimus

Rove Beetle - Carpelimus
Middleton, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 28, 2013
Size: 2mm

Voucher specimen deposited in TAMUIC
Hopefully we can get the right eyes on it for an ID :)

Moved
Moved from Oxytelini.

Moved
Moved from Aleocharinae.

 
Oxytelini
I didn't think a rove this tiny would be anything but an Aleo.
Thanks for the correct placement.

 
i asked Dr Makranczy to check them out, he's the man.
there are minuscule staphs in this subfam

 
This is Carpelimus, one of th
This is Carpelimus, one of the more interesting species. If you want to know the exact identity, you have to send me the specimen(s). From the photo, it looks like C. probus, C. difficilis or something similar.

 
Carpelimus sp.
Thanks Dr Makranczy, I still have the specimen and can send it to you. E-mail me at tmurray(at)yahoo.com with the address to mail it to. Replace the (at) with @

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