Pie-dish beetle at Murga, NSW
Identification history
| Pterohelaeus (genus) | 15 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pterohelaeus piceus | 21 Aug 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 23 Jun 2023 | Paul4K |
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User's notes
10+ beetles clustered together in hollow log
1 comment
KimberiRP
wrote:
14 Jun 2025
Pterohelaeus sp., but not P. piceus which is narrower in the body and does not have such prominently raised costae on the elytra. Possibly P. walkeri.
Location information
- Places Murga, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
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Paul4K NatureMapr Central West NSW Pterohelaeus (genus) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Pterohelaeus (genus) Scientific name
- Pie-dish beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 696.1m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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