Rainbow Darkling Beetle
Antenna
Rainbow Darkling Beetle
Ventral
| Rainbow Darkling Beetle Antenna | | Rainbow Darkling Beetle Ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) | ||||
| Species: | Rainbow Darkling Beetle (Chalcopteroides sp ES01) | ||||
| This Photo: | Back | ||||
| Other name: | Chalcopterus Beetle | ||||
Thank you Tom Weir for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very metallic green back Highly reflective. These look similar to Amarygmus sp. Tom said "Amarygmus tend to have the elytra distinctly striate and punctate whereas Chalcopteroides tend to have only superficial striae and punctures. Also Amarygmus have the mandibles apically bifid whereas in Chalcopteroides they are apically rounded or truncate." Similar Species: Metallic Dodonaea Leaf Beetle (Callidemum hypochalceum) | |||||
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