Varied Carpet Beetle Ventral | Shielded Click Beetle S2, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Click Beetle (Elateridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Shielded Click Beetle (Agrypnus sp) | ||||
This Photo: | S1, dorsal | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~8-9mm long. The ventral shot is very important here. When comparing the holotype images of species in this genus on-line very few have cut outs in their exoskeleton underneath for antennae and front leg protection. These cut outs/indents seem quite variable amoung the different species; to the point they don't exist in some. We could find any that match our two specimens so think ours are undescribed. | |||||
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