Crossed Ground Beetle
Striped Ground Beetle
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| Crossed Ground Beetle | | Striped Ground Beetle Anterior | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Flat Ground Beetle (Carabidae:Lebiini) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Striped Ground Beetle (Philophlaeus sp ES01)| This Photo: | Dorsal | Thank you Mark Hura (Rhytiphora) for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~10-11mm long (head & body). Notice the long sparse hairs on the elytra (wing covers), pronotum (back/thorax shield) & head ... well on most of it's body actually; almost like spines rather than hairs. They also have an unusual spur on their front legs. Beetles often have spines coming out of their legs, but beetles in this tribe (Amblytelini) have an indent in the leg and a hook; as can be seen in the photos. Mark suggested this MAY be Philophlaeus sp rather than Trigonothops sp. As such, for now, we've lifted it to sub-family.
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