Arrow-warts Carcass Beetle: S2, dorsal

Arrow-warts Carcass Beetle (Omorgus euclensis)

Class:

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

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Gnawer Beetle (Trogidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Arrow-warts Carcass Beetle (Omorgus euclensis)

This Photo:

🔍S2, dorsal🔎

Thank you (SageOst) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
~15mm
It seems the arrow-shaped warts on this beetle are a diagnostic feature of this species.
Notice also the tibial teeth are quite angular compared with the other, more rounded teeth, of the other carcass beetles we've found.
First published here on 08-Aug-2016 as Omorgus sp ES01.

This species is

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

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