BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802) (a rove beetle)
| Date: | 18 October 2003 |
| Location: | Berks, England |
| Voucher: | 18/10/2003[E] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Male imago |
| Record Summary: | in clump of Honey Fungus growing on old Ash stump |
| Associated organism: | amongst old fruitbodies of Armillaria mellea agg |
| Identification Notes: | With Laboulbeniomycete (Symplectromyces vulgaris) (18 Oct 03[F]) on femur R3 Four pairs (3+1) of punctures on pronotal disc. Frontal punctures close to eye. Scutellum with laterally-expanded micro-reticulation but neither punctured nor pubescent. Elytral puncturation closer and finer around suture. |
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