Tachyporinae (subfamily)

Crab-like Rove Beetle at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Tachyporinae (subfamily)	9 Jun 2022	michaelb
	Unidentified	7 Jun 2022	CathB

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I have no idea what this is. I have seen them a few times, but they are very quick to hide so I've never had a good view.

4 comments

Amata wrote:

7 Jun 2022

Rove Beetle?

RogerF wrote:

7 Jun 2022

Tachyporinae

CathB wrote:

8 Jun 2022

Thank you both for solving that little mystery. I have just read that Staphylinidae (rove beetles) is the largest family in the animal kingdom with over 65,000 species, so CNM has a few species to go!

RogerF wrote:

8 Jun 2022

I knew about tachyporines when I was beetling in England in my youth.
Interestingly, the expert on Australian staphs is Al Newton from Illinois who has been very helpful identifying stuff for me from photos, although I think he would need specimens for tachyporines. I was put on to him by John Lawrence, author of Australian Beetles and a contemorary of mine at CSIRO. I have sent a picture of Tachyporines on flowers separately.

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