1 A longhorn beetle at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Mecynopus cothurnatus | 31 Jan 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Mecynopus cothurnatus | 30 Jan 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Amphirhoe sloanei | 30 Nov 2022 | SimoneC |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
1 Feb 2023
Rarely if at all recorded in our region previously. According to ALA records this is a disjunct records from the nearest record in mid Victoria
User's notes
A wasp mimic, especially in flight when the long hind legs with pale ends look very wasp like. I think this individual was newly emerged as the elytra almost seem transparent and the colour of the thorax is paler than most images on ALA
3 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
30 Jan 2023
If this ID is correct this would be a disjunct record from other records on ALA which are clustered in Tasmania and Victoria
SimoneC
wrote:
30 Jan 2023
Thanks for looking into this. M. corthurnatus looks like a good match http://bezbycids.com/byciddb/wdetails.asp?id=20065&w=o especially given the transparent elytra. Maybe the successive wet years has allowed them to move north - this is the only one I’ve seen.
SimoneC
wrote:
30 Jan 2023
I had also come back from a driving/walking holiday in Tasmania on the 22 of November so it could have hitched a ride
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.051167-34.977833
- Altitude 600.3m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 30 Nov 2022 12:47 PM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Feeding Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Mecynopus cothurnatus Scientific name
- A longhorn beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 600.3m to 640.47m Recorded at altitude
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