Homotrysis sp. (genus)

Darkling beetle at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

	Homotrysis sp.	9 Jan 2021	KimPullen
	Talaurinus sp.	31 Oct 2020	StephH

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A guess at genus based on photos in other sightings. Found this approx 22 mm beetle wandering around the crown of my hat when I took it off. It had a slight purple iridescence on its wing cases.

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KimPullen wrote:

16 Nov 2020

A Comb-clawed beetle, Homotrysis sp.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.849515 -36.731237
Places Black Range, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
31 Oct 2020 03:53 PM Recorded on
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StephH South Coast NatureMapr Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Homotrysis sp. (genus)

Species information

Homotrysis sp. (genus) Scientific name
Darkling beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1203.5m Recorded at altitude
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