Four-ribbed Lycid Beetle
S2, Larva, dorsal
Ellura
Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle
S1, Female, dorsal
 
                      
Four-ribbed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Four-ribbed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma sp)
This Photo:     🔍S2, Larva, ventral🔎

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Boris said "Note straight costa 1, and also lateral cells of pronotum sharply delimited. "

Similar Species: Lycid Mimic Longhorn (Stenoderus suturalis)

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.