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Pollen-Feeding Beetle
Pseudolycus haemorrhoidalis
-37.8564, 145.32
Field Notes
Description:
About 22mm long this is an excellent mimic of Porrostoma paradoxa, a true Lycidae. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/123406014
Habitat:
Found feeding on the flowers of several types of plants in a local nature reserve.
Notes:
superfamily: TENEBRIONOIDEA <br>
family: OEDEMERIDAE <br>
subfamily: OEDEMERINAE <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fb… <br>
Laura Levens may have her lycid wrong on ALA.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Porrostoma+%28Porrostoma%29+paradoxa# <br> Here's the target of mimicry in Tasmania https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-poly…
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Photographed
PublishedOctober 27, 2014
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