Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Staphylinidae - ID?

Posted by gedra on 18-09-2009 17:14
#1
This beetle has got caught in my moth trap a few times, outside Oslo, Norway, in August. I am having a hard time finding out which species this is - anyone?

rgds

Geir

Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-09-2009 17:33
#2
Looks similar to Paederinae Lithocharis nigriceps...just a mild guess. Probably wrong.

EDIT; Koleopterologie.de is a good place to look.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 18-09-2009 17:37

Posted by John Bratton on 19-09-2009 10:55
#3
I think it is the wrong shape for Paederinae. Try a genus close to Lesteva.

John

Posted by Lukasz Mielczarek on 19-09-2009 11:16
#4
Deleaster dichrous looks very similar
http://www.colpol...chrous.htm

Posted by Frank Koehler on 07-10-2009 09:34
#5
Deleaster is ok. Greetings, Frank