ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
This is one of the Phorticosomus species, in the family Carabidae, tribe Harpalini.
The tribe Harpalini is a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae that contains more than 1,900 species.
This beetle was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and differs to the other depicted Alice Springs Phorticosomus sp, in that the body pictured here is black compared to the reddish-brown specimen on the Alice Springs Beetles section.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Adephaga
- Superfamily: Caraboidea
- Family: Carabidae
- Subfamily: Harpalinae
- Tribe: Harpalini
- Genus: Phorticosomus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Kimberi Pullen for ID, Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Phorticosomus Schaum, 1863, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Phorticosomus
- Genus Phorticosomus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/330981
- Genus Phorticosomus, iNaturalistAU, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/330981-Phorticosomus
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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