Rainbow darkling beetle at Kingscote, SA
Identification history
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | 11 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | 11 Aug 2025 | MarkH | ||
| Unverified | 11 Aug 2025 | JoshMulvaney |
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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.
Not my area of expertise however definitely not a buprestid.
Location information
- Coordinates 137.609786-35.643783
- Altitude 53.7m
- Places Kingscote, SA
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Jul 2025 02:25 PM Recorded on
- JoshMulvaney Recorded by
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JoshMulvaney NatureMapr Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 677.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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