Tetragonomenes ruficornis

Darkling beetle at Guerilla Bay, NSW

Tetragonomenes ruficornis at Guerilla Bay, NSW - 31 Jul 2020
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Identification history

Tetragonomenes ruficornis 24 Sep 2020 KimPullen
Tetragonomenes ruficornis 24 Sep 2020 KimPullen
Unidentified 6 Aug 2020 jb2602

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Maybe Amarygmus or Titaena? P 178, 179 Beetles of Australia

3 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   9 Aug 2020
John, these are Tenebrionidae, but I think they are two different species. Can you separate them?
jb2602 wrote:
   12 Aug 2020
The second photo is now https://budawangcoast.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4324206
KimPullen wrote:
   24 Sep 2020
There is a chance that this is T. aeneus, rather than T. ruficornis. But since T. aeneus was at one time considered simply a 'variety' of T. ruficornis, and since ruficornis is the older name, I will call it ruficornis. An image of the holotype of 'Daedrosis rufipes', a synonym of Tetragonomenes ruficornis, appears in the entry for ruficornis in ALA, and it looks very like this sighting.

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