Lycid Mimic Longhorn
Head, above
Ellura
Lycid Mimic Longhorn
Ventral
 
                 
Lycid Mimic Longhorn (Stenoderus suturalis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Lycid Mimic Longhorn (Stenoderus suturalis)
This Photo:     Eyes & mouth parts
Synonym: Stenoderus labiatus
Other name: Stinking Longicorn

Thank you Marianne Broug (MarianneBroug) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Typically Longhorns are very consistent in their colours & pattern.
However, these can have orange or black faces & can have the side black stripe missing, as shown here.
This colour form were previously considered a different species and were then synonymised with S. suturalis.

Similar Species: Red-winged Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rufipenne)
Long-nosed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rhipidium)
Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle (Trichalus semicostatus)

Copyright © 2016-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-Nov-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.