Soldier Beetle: Female, ventral

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae)

Species:

Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus sp ES02)

This Photo:

Female, ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Notice the differences between the 2 species.
This one has broken black bands around the abdomen, the black marking on the back of the shield is quite different and it has orange legs (not black). This one also has orange head, not black.

This species is

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

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