Winter Rove Beetle

Carcinocephalus flavidus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae

Carcinocephalus flavidus, or the winter rove beetle, is a species of rove beetle found in North America. It exhibits wing dimorphism between sexes, where males can be wingless, but females always are. The species was originally described as Omalium flavidum.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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