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Tom Murray | all galleries >> Arthropods - Arthropoda >> Insects - Insecta >> Beetles - Coleoptera >> Rove Beetles - Staphylinidae >> Rove Beetles - Subfamily Aleocharinae > ant-hunting rove beetle - Myrmoecia lauta (found under a rock amongst a Tapinoma ant nest)
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02-Apr-2006

ant-hunting rove beetle - Myrmoecia lauta (found under a rock amongst a Tapinoma ant nest)

Lancaster, Ma.

Canon EOS 20D
1/200s f/18.0 at 100.0mm iso100 with Flash full exif

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Boris Bueche 21-Nov-2006 12:59
Welcome to the most difficult and species-rich group within one of the most difficult and species-rich beetle families! Most genera even cannot be identified from photo, let alone species . . .

But in some cases, something can be done. On this pic, we see an ant-hunting rove beetle, genus Zyras.