ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
From the genus Pterohelaeus, this beetle is a member of a group often referred to as the Blue Pie-dish Beetles. Members of this group vary from a dusty blue-grey-black to a more obvious blue, unlike the genus Helea group of beetles who are nearly always black.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
- Family: Tenebrionidae
- Informal: Tenebrionoid branch
- Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
- Tribe: Heleini
- Subtribe: Heleina
- Genus: Pterohelaeus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Vrata Noviny member of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Pterohelaeus Brême, 1842, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https:/biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cd01c5a7-4ebe-4a4c-a921-0fefcd827876
- Blue Pie-dish Beetles (Genus Pterohelaeus), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/489951-Pterohelaeus
- Blue Pie-dish Beetles Genus Pterohelaeus, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/190564452
- Pie-dish Beetles, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/pie-dish-beetles/
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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