Blue Waxy Ground Beetle: S2, ventral

Blue Waxy Ground Beetle (Cerotalis sp ES01)

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Ground Beetle (Carabidae)

Species:

Blue Waxy Ground Beetle (Cerotalis sp ES01)

This Photo:

S2, ventral

Thank you Mark Hura for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16mm. One of the diagnostics of this genus is the single setae (hair) above the eye.
Notice the shallow central line on the pronotums, and blue/purple ventral colour.

This species is

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

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