Metistete gibbicollis

Darkling beetle at Macgregor, ACT

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Metistete gibbicollis KimberiRP 31 Jan 2023
Homotrysis sp. (genus) Roger 17 Jan 2021

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4 comments

   13 Apr 2021
I have not been able to identify this interesting beetle. It appears to be Tenebrionidae, and resembles Exangeltus, but the clothing of short, semi-upright hairs (pubescence) on the elytra doesn't match specimens of Exangeltus that I've examined. It could be Alleculinae (e.g. Homotrysis).
   13 Apr 2021
Thanks for the extra pics, Roger.
   15 Apr 2021
Metistete is a 'relative' of Homotrysis, so you were pretty close, Roger.
   27 Nov 2024
I now think this is Metistete omophloides.

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  • 17 Jan 2021 12:03 PM Recorded on
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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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