Wrinkled-wing Flower Beetle
S1, Male, profile
Ellura
Zebra Pintail Beetle
About to fly off
 
                      
Zebra Pintail Beetle (Mordella australis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Pintail Beetle (Mordellidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Zebra Pintail Beetle (Mordella australis)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Boris Büche for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3mm

Copyright © 2019-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Nov-2019
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.