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Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata

3 Feather-horned beetle at Weetangera, ACT

Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata at Weetangera, ACT - 9 Mar 2019
Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata at Weetangera, ACT - 9 Mar 2019
Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata at Weetangera, ACT - 9 Mar 2019
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Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata 10 Mar 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata 10 Mar 2019 Harrisi

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MattM wrote:
   10 Mar 2019
I saw a similar beetle flying at Kama yesterday. Unfortunately it didn't stop long enough for a photo, and it was too high to see any spots. Are they particularly uncommon, and are there many species?
   10 Mar 2019
Looking at the ALA reference it seems they are not too rare:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:93015953-bb2e-47e7-bd80-47f529ad41c6
They list 5 species of Rhipicera (Agathorhipis):
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:45a42abb-2dc1-4cfb-9dfc-a9cc2a925661#classification
and one species of Rhipicera (Oligorhipis):
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:547f1da5-4a20-4f19-9743-f175d6c5a001#classification
MattM wrote:
   10 Mar 2019
OK then. I saw it had the "rare or uncommon native" status here so I thought I would check.
KimPullen wrote:
   22 Apr 2019
Rhipicera femorata is one of those species that you may not come across frequently, but when you do there may be dozens or even hundreds of them. But they are generally all males; the females seem very scarce (or maybe just good at hiding). Some other Australian species of Rhipiceridae do seem to be genuinely rare.

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