Twig Borer Beetle: Dorsal

Twig Borer Beetle (Bostrychopsis jesuita)

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Large Auger Beetle (Bostrichidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Twig Borer Beetle (Bostrychopsis jesuita)

This Photo:

Dorsal

Thank you Adam Yates for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A cylindrical black beetle. ~13mm long, with a downward pointing face (reminiscent of a broad-nosed weevil). Distinctive 2 rows of horns on it's pronotum.

This species is

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

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