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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 » Staphylinina » Tasgius » Tasgius melanarius
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6017175 Rove beetle - Tasgius melanarius
Copyright © 2007 Rob Curtis

6017175 Rove beetle - Tasgius melanarius
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Size: ~1/2" I think
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 17 February, 2007 - 3:57pm
Last updated 24 July, 2007 - 5:47am

Moved
Moved from Tasgius.


ID with help of European key.
… Boris Büche, 24 July, 2007 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

Tasgius melanarius
It look like Tasgius melanarius to me.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 18 February, 2007 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
In my opinion it does look more like Tasgius melanarius.
… Jason D. Roberts, 9 March, 2007 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, I noticed how this l
Thanks,
I noticed how this looked like other Tagius and was going to ask how the differ from Platdracus.
… Rob Curtis, 18 February, 2007 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Platydracus?
Looks like images of Platydracus violaceus.
… Ed Corey, 17 February, 2007 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

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