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KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

I have it on authority from Dr Adam Slipinski (co-author of the CSIRO book series "Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)" that this is an undescribed species, meaning it hasn't been formally named and diagnosed. It is a member of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Cerambycinae (sub-family)

LisaH wrote:

25 Jun 2025

Thank you for following this up, and sharing your research.

Chondropyga olliffiana

KimberiRP wrote:

25 Jun 2025

There is a comment by Chris Moeseneder about C. olliffiana and L. obliquata at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107077726. Looks like they can be hard to separate, even for an expert.
There is still no agreement on one at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107086552 !

Chondropyga olliffiana

KimberiRP wrote:

23 Jun 2025

This is a beetle larva, very likely Melyridae-Malachiinae, of which Dicranolaius is a common member. It is a close match to Fig. 34i in Lawrence & Slipinski (2013) 'Australian beetles, Volume 1. Morphology, classification and keys' (CSIRO).

Dicranolaius (Genus)

Hejor1 wrote:

22 Jun 2025

Cryptolestes?

Laemophloeidae