Rhantus suturalis

1 A predaceous diving beetle at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

	Rhantus suturalis	5 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	12 Dec 2020	kasiaaus

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4 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

12 Dec 2020

This looks like a cockroach.

kasiaaus wrote:

12 Dec 2020

Maybe it is a cockroach but it looked like a water beetle to me. I'm clearly not very good at this.

AlisonMilton wrote:

13 Dec 2020

You could be right. I'm not familiar with water beetles.

Bron wrote:

17 Dec 2020

Hi Kat I suspect Rhantus suturalis? Here March 2017, here's the ALA link... https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7f6caf7f-6f8d-4291-90e1-69edc735038d

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Location information

Coordinates 149.049885 -35.208648
Altitude 554.7m
Places Melba, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
16 Nov 2020 09:46 PM Recorded on
kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Water beetles (several families)

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Rhantus suturalis Scientific name
A predaceous diving beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 759.13m Recorded at altitude
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