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Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT

Phorticosomus sp

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Retrieved deceased from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this is one of the Phorticosomus species, in the family Carabidae, tribe Harpalini. Part of the commonly named ground beetle group, this one differs to the others depicted in Alice Springs Phorticosomus sp, being darker in colour (possibly from being in water) to the other reddish-brown specimen in the Alice Springs Beetles section.

Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT

The tribe Harpalini is a diverse group of ground beetles belonging to the subfamily Harpalinae that contains more than 1,900 species.

Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT
Phorticosomus sp (retrieved drowned from swimming pool), Alice Springs NT

As well as Alice Springs Phorticosomus sp, check out our the main Coleoptera section and the Coleoptera Index.

  • 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

  1. Many thanks for ID to Kimberi Pullen, member of Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
  2. Phorticosomus Schaum, 1863, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Phorticosomus

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