Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
S2, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Long-nosed Lycid Beetle
S2, Male, ventral
 
                      
Long-nosed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rhipidium)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Long-nosed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rhipidium)
This Photo:     🔍S2, Male, closer🔎

Thank you Boris Büche & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere
Male are ~13mm to ~15mm long.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Oct-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.