Crossed Ground Beetle:

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Ground Beetle (Carabidae)

Species:

Crossed Ground Beetle (Trigonothops cf sp ES03)

This Photo:

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Notice the long sparse hairs on most of it's body; almost like spines rather than hairs.
They also have an unusual spur on their front legs. Beetles often have spines coming out of their legs, but beetles in this tribe (Amblytelini) have an indent in the leg and a hook; as can be seen in the photo.
This specimen has a smaller pronotum (back shield), which may make it a different species (perhaps Dystrichothorax?)

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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