Red-winged Rove Beetle
S1, dorsal		Ellura
Red-winged Rove Beetle
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Red-winged Rove Beetle (Aleochara (Xenochara) rutilipennis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Red-winged Rove Beetle (Aleochara (Xenochara) rutilipennis)
This Photo:     S1, profile
Thank you Boris Büche for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record in SA on Atlas:
~5mm long
Copyright © 2023-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 16-Feb-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.