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Tribe Xantholinini
About 12mm long. Nice red wing covers.
Local nature reserve adjoining a national park.
Apparently Staphylinidae are now the most speciated family in the animal kingdom having supassed weevils - Curculionidae.
Thanks Stephen Thorpe for tribe.
family: STAPHYLINIDAE
subfamily: Staphylininae
tribe: Xantholinini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Xantholini...
Spotted on Apr 15, 2014
Submitted on Apr 19, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Stephen! So many to choose from I was avoiding it.
Belongs to tribe Xantholinini