Rhipicera femorata
3 Feather-horned beetle at Weetangera, ACT
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| Rhipicera femorata | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Mar 2019 | |
| Rhipicera femorata | Harrisi | 10 Mar 2019 |
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4 comments
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
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
10 Mar 2019
OK then. I saw it had the "rare or uncommon native" status here so I thought I would check.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.046843-35.257862
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Weetangera, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2019 10:50 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
- Acacia sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Featured Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rhipicera femorata Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Rhipicera femorata Scientific name
- Feather-horned beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1214.9m Recorded at altitude
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