Tiny Rove Beetle
S2, Dorsal
Black Comb-clawed Beetle
Profile
| Tiny Rove Beetle S2, Dorsal | | Black Comb-clawed Beetle Profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) | ||||
| Species: | Black Comb-clawed Beetle (Alleculini sp ES01) | ||||
| This Photo: | Dorsal | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Alleculini is a tribe, commonly called Comb-clawed Beetles and are an understudied group. There are a large number of similar looking genera in the tribe, let alone species. We have left this id at the tribe level for now until further information is more readily available. Note the very hairy body & legs, as well as large eyes. Reminiscent of the introduced Egyptian beetle, but much smaller at only 12mm long (head & body). | |||||
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