Chalcopteroides columbinus
Rainbow darkling beetle at Conder, ACT
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| Chalcopteroides columbinus | KimPullen | 25 Sep 2020 | |
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | RogerF | 9 Feb 2018 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 8 Feb 2018 |
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User's notes
Size - body length 12mm.......... attracted to light, came indoors, Conder, ACT
2 comments
9 Feb 2018
Thanks Roger and Hi Kim
I guessed this would be Chalcopteroides sp. It is the 4th of this genus that I have reported. It is much smaller than the others and with a green rather than rainbow reflection. Is it worth separating from the others?
I guessed this would be Chalcopteroides sp. It is the 4th of this genus that I have reported. It is much smaller than the others and with a green rather than rainbow reflection. Is it worth separating from the others?
26 Sep 2020
Thanks Kim, for going thru the Rainbow Darkling Beetles & sorting them out.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101436-35.464680
- Altitude 630.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2018 07:51 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcopteroides columbinus Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chalcopteroides columbinus Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.1m Recorded at altitude
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