Common Name:
Large Rove Beetle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Staphylinini
Species:
Ocypus nitens

Hodges No:

Location:

Vinalhaven, ME
USA
GPS: 44.043334,-68.819003

Date: 8/15/11

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: Introduced from Europe

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