Rove beetle of W-Papuan rainforest
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-- at first sight I just knew it's an insect...and than I knew I'm ignorant....an earwig, a wingless fly...however the long legs, the cylindrical pronotum and the cerci look all unusual for a Dermaptera so....now - thanks to your kind contribution - it is sure to be a beetle! --Phylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Coleoptera (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: PolyphagaInfraorder: StaphyliniformiaSuperfamily: StaphylinoideaFamily: Staphylinidae (rove beetles, Kurzflgler)[det. J.J.(Kent), tumwijuke and Geert Goemans, 2010, based on photos]Genus: Paederus - "Cousin of the Nairobi fly"Indonesia, W-Papua, S Manokwari, Arfak Mts.: vic. Syoubrig, ca. 1850m asl., 2010(IMG_4033)
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- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Polyphaga
- Staphyliniformia
- Staphylinoidea
- Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
- Paederus
- Paederus fuscipes
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