Darkling beetle at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus | 6 Dec 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus | 6 Dec 2019 | jb2602 |
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jb2602
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11 Dec 2019
P. laticollis: larger, broader and flatter; elytra with faint longitudinal ridges; lateral flanges on elytra wider, especially at front (near pronotum)
P. striatopunctatus: smaller, narrower, parallel-sided and much more convex; elytra practically without longitudinal ridges; lateral flanges on elytra narrow. [from Kim]
P. striatopunctatus: smaller, narrower, parallel-sided and much more convex; elytra practically without longitudinal ridges; lateral flanges on elytra narrow. [from Kim]
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152021-35.259269
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Oct 2019 10:15 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 665m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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