![]() | Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle S2, Female, Wings | Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle S2, Female, ventral | ![]() | |||
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Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | |||||||||||||
Family: | Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
Species: | Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle (Trichalus semicostatus)This Photo: | 🔍S1, Female, ventral🔎 | Thank you Boris Büche for identifying and Janet Whitington for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere ~7 to ~13mm long Females. Boris said "Elytra with three complete ribs (costae), instead of four in Porrostoma, plus a short one near scutellum; costa closest to suture bent outwards in anteriour fourth, giving space for extra interval."
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