Short-winged Flower Beetle: Dorsal

Short-winged Flower Beetle (Kateretidae sp)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Short-winged Flower Beetle (Kateretidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Short-winged Flower Beetle (Kateretidae sp)

This Photo:

Dorsal

Thank you Boris Büche for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
These are not often observed in Australia, with only 2 genera known.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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