Clown Beetle: S6: Dorsal

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Clown Beetle (Histeridae)

Species:

Clown Beetle (Saprinus sp)

This Photo:

S6: Dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Very metallic blue/green back/elytra and metallic yellow/gold shield/pronotum.
Quite small @ 5.5 to 7mm, with large mandibles, for it's size, and wide legs clearly used for digging. Club like antennae. Notice the body is covered in scores & pits almost sculptured; these are the same on all speciemens so conclude they are not damage marks.
The dirt on specimen four (S4) highlights the edge of the elytra & rear wings quite well.
We have found 6 specimens in May, August, September & December.

This species is

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

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