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Pie-dish Beetle -2
Pterohelaeus peltatus
-37.8999, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
This dusty blue beetle was about 13 mm long. The dorso-ventrally flattened body had a flange around both the thorax and elytra.
Habitat:
Spotted under bright lights in a suburban garden. <br>
Occurrence record: <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:60…
Notes:
Pie-dish beetle have fused elytra. Pterohelaeus are said to have a bluish colouring as opposed to Helae sp which are mostly black. They live under wood and leaf debris and feed on decaying material. <br>
They can sometimes damage plants by biting stems close to the ground causing the plant to wither. <br>
https://www.flickr.com/photos/simongrovetmag/13839042024/in/photostream/ <br>
Family: Tenebrionidae
Reference Links:
Pie-dish Beetles - Australian Museum
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 16, 2017
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