Temognatha > Temognatha Index

Temognatha menalcas belongs to the genus of metallic wood-boring beetles, that include over 85 species that are native to Australia.

Temognatha menalcas (red form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (red form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (yellow form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (yellow form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (yellow form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (yellow form), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (female underside), Central Victoria © Kees Green
Temognatha menalcas (female underside), Central Victoria © Kees Green
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Buprestinae
  • Tribe: Stigmoderini
  • Subtribe Stigmoderina
  • Genus: Temognatha
  • Species: Temognatha menalcas

Footnote & References

  1. Temognatha menalcas © Kees Green
  2. Temognatha menalcas (Thomson, 1879), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a399fd81-f99a-4a1e-b4b2-50b9c936e70a
  3. Temognatha menalcas, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/975943-Temognatha-menalcas

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