Carrion Beetle: Pronotum

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Large Carion Beetle (Silphidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Carrion Beetle (Ptomaphila lacrymosa)

This Photo:

Pronotum

Thank you Reiner Richter for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~15mm body & head length, ~19mm including elytra.
A distinctive brown & black beetle with large elytra & pronotum making it look much larger than it really is. Somewhat reminiscent of a Pie Dish Beetle.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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