Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
S2, Larva, ventral
Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
S3, Male, dorsal
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| Long-nosed Lycid Beetle S2, Larva, ventral | | Long-nosed Lycid Beetle S3, Male, dorsal | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Long-nosed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rhipidium)| This Photo: | S1, Female, dorsal | Thank you Boris Büche & Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere Males are ~13mm to ~15mm long. The gender is separated by the size of the antennal pectinations. Males have much larger pectinations than the females. All Porrostoma species have 4 "ribs" in their elytra (hard wing covers). Thank you Boris for id'ing our larvae as this species. Similar Species: Lycid Mimic Longhorn (Stenoderus suturalis) Red-winged Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rufipenne) Three-ribbed Lycid Beetle (Trichalus semicostatus)
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