Carrion Beetle Pronotum | Carrion Beetle Ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Large Carion Beetle (Silphidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Carrion Beetle (Ptomaphila lacrymosa) | ||||
This Photo: | Face | ||||
Thank you Reiner Richter for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere ~15mm body & head length, ~19mm including elytra. A distinctive brown & black beetle with large elytra & pronotum making it look much larger than it really is. Somewhat reminiscent of a Pie Dish Beetle. | |||||
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