Adelium pustulosum (Darkling beetle)
Matches description of Adelium victoriae (later synonomised with Adelium pustulosum) in Carter, H.J. Proc. (1908) Linnaean Soc. NSW v.33. Key features include: 3rd joint of antennae is shorter than 4th and 5th joints combined, dark bronze body colour, intervals of elytra are flat, not interrrupted and are striate-punctate, posterior angle of pronotum is widely obtuse and pronotum is slightly rugose.
Also image looks like that of the holotype in ALA taken from Museum Victoria specimen
Adelium pustulosum is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Adelium pustulosum Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 943.9m Recorded at altitude
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Maps
Block 402 Boro Dunlop Grasslands Endeavour Reserve (Bombala) Kosciuszko National Park Mount Painter Piney Ridge Pomaderris Nature Reserve QPRC LGA Tallaganda National Park Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve -
Places
Belconnen, ACT Bimberi, NSW Bombala, NSW Borough, NSW Chakola, NSW Cook, ACT Fraser, ACT Gundary, NSW Harolds Cross, NSW Paddys River, ACT Stromlo, ACT Wamboin, NSW Wee Jasper, NSW
