Adelium tenebroides
A darkling beetle at Jindabyne, NSW
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| Adelium tenebroides | MichaelBedingfield | 12 Aug 2022 | |
| Adelium tenebroides | KimberiRP | 11 Aug 2022 | |
| Adelium porcatum | KimberiRP | 29 Apr 2022 | |
| Adelium pustulosum | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Mar 2022 | |
| Adelium porcatum | Amata | 16 Mar 2022 |
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Found close to the Hairy Mary Caterpillar.
8 comments
17 Mar 2022
I think because the ridges on this beetles back are uninterupted that it is A. pustulosum rather than A. porcatum where the ridges are interrupted.
17 Mar 2022
Thanks, Michael. Adelium pustulosum appears to have a dark bronze body colour. This individual does not fit the description. From your comment, it does not sound like Adelium porcatum. I thought it was Adelium porcatum since the images on CNM looked most similar. We need an expert opinion on this.
29 Apr 2022
The sculpture on the surface of the pronotum discounts A. pustulosum. I'll call it A. porcatum for now, but I'll check the image against ANIC material when I can.
11 Aug 2022
Based on specimens in ANIC (CSIRO), this is most likely to be Adelium tenebroides Erichson (recorded from Tas, Vic, and Batlow NSW), although Adelium capitatum Lea (recorded from interior of NSW and Qld) is also like it.
Location information
- Places Jindabyne, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Amata Recorded by
- Ants will try to identify. Also a grey caterpillar. Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Amata Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Adelium tenebroides Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Adelium tenebroides Scientific name
- A darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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