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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Philonthina » Belonuchus
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rove beetle in rotting cactus - Belonuchus
Copyright © 2013 Richard C. Hoyer

rove beetle in rotting cactus - Belonuchus
Ironwood National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USA
June 29, 2013
Size: small
Many in a still-moist rotting Saguaro that I pulled apart.

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Contributed by Richard C. Hoyer on 30 June, 2013 - 5:53pm
Last updated 20 May, 2015 - 6:42am

Moved
Moved from Staphylinini.
… Richard C. Hoyer, 20 May, 2015 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

This is a species of Belonuch
This is a species of Belonuchus,

Cheers,
Adam
… Adam Brunke, 20 May, 2015 - 3:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rove Beetles.
… v belov, 26 September, 2013 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Philonthus.
… Richard C. Hoyer, 30 June, 2013 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

how was the ID obtained? doesn't look like Philonthus to me
… v belov, 30 June, 2013 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Just picture matching
Shouldn't have jumped so deep into the taxonomy.
… Richard C. Hoyer, 30 June, 2013 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
yeah...
didn't strike me as Philonthus either. This color is not uncommon among saguaro associated and members of several genera (including Philonthus) will look like this.
… Blaine Mathison, 30 June, 2013 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

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