Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
S2, Male, ventral
Ellura
Four-ribbed Lycid Beetle
S1, Male, Antennae
 
                      
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:     🔍S1, Male, dorsal🔎

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)

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Oct-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.