Chalcopteroides spectabilis (Rainbow darkling beetle)
One of 3 large species of Chalcopteroides in the region. Common in and around Canberra. It is shorter than the other 2 species, has a rounder (ovate) shape and the 'rainbow' colours often have a bronzy tinge (missing from C. columbinus and C. cupripennis). As in C. columbinus, the elytra carry tiny punctures in longitudinal rows (striae), but the punctures are much closer together, and generally shallower, than those of C. columbinus.
Chalcopteroides spectabilis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Chalcopteroides spectabilis Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 797.15m Recorded at altitude
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Maps
Campbell Park Woodland City Renewal Authority Area Crace Grasslands Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gungahlin Pond Illilanga & Baroona Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lake Tuggeranong Lanyon - northern section Mount Ainslie Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter My test map Point Hut to Tharwa QPRC LGA Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Umbagong District Park Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area West Belconnen Pond -
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Ainslie, ACT Canberra, ACT Casey, ACT Cook, ACT Crooked Corner, NSW Deakin, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Forde, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Giralang, ACT Googong, NSW Greenway, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Latham, ACT Lyneham, ACT Majura, ACT Michelago, NSW Mitchell, ACT Monash, ACT Murrumbateman, NSW Nicholls, ACT Reid, ACT Scullin, ACT Symonston, ACT Tharwa, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Wanniassa, ACT
