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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Featured sightings

Lepturidea viridis (Green comb-clawed beetle) at Gundaroo, NSW - 8 Dec 2024 by ConBoekel

Celibe rugosipennis (Pie-dish beetle) at Wamboin, NSW - 28 Oct 2018 by natureguy

Latest sightings

Alleculinae sp. (Subfamily) at Campbell, ACT - Yesterday by Hejor1

Saragus costatus (A darkling beetle) at Crowther, NSW - 16 Oct 2025 by Frecko

Lepturidea pulchra (Darkling beetle) at Hall, ACT - 17 Oct 2025 by Anna123

Lepispilus (genus) (A darkling beetle) at Bellbrae, VIC - 17 Oct 2025 by Miranda

Neocistela ovalis (Comb-clawed beetle) at Yarralumla, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by TimL

Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus (Darkling beetle) at Reid, ACT - 14 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Alleculinae sp. (Subfamily) (Unidentified Comb-clawed beetle) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 8 Oct 2025 by blacksheep

Cardiothorax sp. (genus) (Darkling Beetle) at Ainslie, ACT - 12 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Tenebrionidae (family) at Campbell, ACT - 13 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Lepturidea sp. (genus) (Comb-clawed beetle) at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2025 by TimL

Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) at Kingsdale, NSW - 7 Oct 2025 by trevorpreston

Atoichus bicolor (Darkling beetle) at Lyneham, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Atoichus bicolor (Darkling beetle) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 29 Sep 2025 by WendyEM

Pterohelaeus (genus) (Pie-dish beetle) at Parkes, ACT - 1 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Lepispilus (genus) (A darkling beetle) at Emerald, VIC - 19 Sep 2025 by GlossyGal

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Braddon, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Ainslie, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 by Hejor1

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Discussion

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

20 Oct 2025

Reddish thorax rather than dark blue of L. punctulaticollis

Lepturidea pulchra

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Oct 2025

I think it may be Neocistela ovalis

Alleculinae sp. (Subfamily)

KimberiRP wrote:

17 Aug 2025

No, not Cleridae. Working on it.

Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Aug 2025

What about one of teh checkered beetles?

Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)

MarkH wrote:

11 Aug 2025

This is a tenebrionid beetle, I’m pretty sure in the genus Chalcopteroides.
Not my area of expertise however definitely not a buprestid.

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus)

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