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Lepispilus rotundicollis
Lepispilus rotundicollis
-37.8957, 145.315
Field Notes
Description:
A darkling beetle approx. 22mm long; a deep magenta colour with small tufts of white hairs all over giving a 'flocked' appearance; interesting sickle shaped tarsi ?
Habitat:
Found under strong night lights at a local school yard.
Notes:
Tenebrionidae but is it Lepispilus rotundicollis? Needs a closer look. Sickle tarsi? size? colour? compare Leuba's http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15718179 and Martin's and other sources.
Note the dates for an early appearance.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Lepispilus+rotundicollis
Comparison photos of L.rotundicollis from the same area... http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_7183.php
http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_6913.php
http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_7184.php
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Photographed
PublishedSeptember 5, 2013
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