A darkling beetle at suppressed
Identification history
| Adelium tenebroides | 12 Aug 2022 | michaelb | ||
| Adelium tenebroides | 11 Aug 2022 | KimberiRP | ||
| Adelium porcatum | 29 Apr 2022 | KimberiRP | ||
| Adelium pustulosum | 17 Mar 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Adelium porcatum | 16 Mar 2022 | Amata |
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User's notes
Found close to the Hairy Mary Caterpillar.
8 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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.
Amata
wrote:
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.
KimberiRP
wrote:
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.
KimberiRP
wrote:
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.
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2022 07:12 PM Recorded on
- Amata Recorded by
Additional information
- Ants will try to identify. Also a grey caterpillar. Associated Insect
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Adelium tenebroides Scientific name
- A darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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