Mystes planatus (A False Darkling Beetle)
Family Melandryidae. This unusual, rather flattened beetle is unlike a typical members of its family, and is rare. The larva is exceedingly thin and stick-like, and presumably feeds in dead wood or woody fungi like others of its family.
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Mystes planatus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Mystes planatus Scientific name
- A False Darkling Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 899.8m Recorded at altitude
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