Bethelium diversicorne

Wattle Longhorn at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

Bethelium diversicorne	10 Dec 2019	KimPullen
Bethelium diversicorne	10 Dec 2019	jb2602
Unidentified	8 Dec 2019	jb2602

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User's notes

Small; No spikes on antennae; Similar shape and pattern to Phoracantha flavopicta; Bulbous femur.

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jb2602 wrote:

11 Dec 2019

Bethelium diversicorne

jb2602 wrote:

11 Dec 2019

Small to medium sized, brown; Antennae of male reaching beyond apices of elytra (so this one probably a female); Eyes moderately coarsely faceted, deeply emarginate; Antennal tubercles broadly separated, distant from mandibular articulation; Antennal scape distinctly shorter than pronotum, pedicel variable, antennomere 3 subequal to scape, antennomeres 3-7 no apical spines; Pronotum no dorsal tubercles, lateral margins rounded; Elytra without costae, without ivory coloured markings, punctates clearly visible, not in regular rows, apices rounded; Femora strongly clavate (like a club, thicker at apex than the base); tibia not flattened.

jb2602 wrote:

11 Dec 2019

Previous comment is a description for Bethelium in general. For B. diversicorne see:
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftaschrysomeloidea/suborder-polyphaga/cerambycidae-longicorn-beetles/genus-bethelium/bethelium-diversicorne

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