Green Sheen Ground Beetle
Head
Blue Waxy Ground Beetle
S2, dorsal
| Green Sheen Ground Beetle Head | | Blue Waxy Ground Beetle S2, dorsal | | ||
 | 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: | S1, dorsal | ||||
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. | |||||
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