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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Beetles (Coleoptera)
	Family:	Large Auger Beetle (Bostrichidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Twig Borer Beetle (Bostrychopsis jesuita)
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	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.
	Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Dec-2017
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.