White-marked Hairy Longhorn Beetle
White-mark, right side
Ellura
White-marked Hairy Longhorn Beetle
Ventral
 
                      
White-marked Hairy Longhorn Beetle (Rhytiphora posthumeralis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: White-marked Hairy Longhorn Beetle (Rhytiphora posthumeralis)
This Photo:     🔍White-mark, left side🔎

Thank you Allen Sundholm OAM 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
1st Record in SA on Atlas:

~17mm head to tail, with antennae ~13mm long.
Came to a night light on 1st January.
We photographed both sides to ensure the white splash was consistent and not a aberration.
Very hairy, with the white splashes hidden in the dorsal view.

Copyright © 2022-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Jan-2022
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.