Crossed Ground Beetle
Ellura
Patched Ground Beetle
Ventral
 
                      
Patched Ground Beetle (Trigonothops sp ES04)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Ground Beetle (Carabidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Patched Ground Beetle (Trigonothops sp ES04)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Kimberi Pullen for identifying and Thomas Mesaglio for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7.5mm. The setae on the pronotum is diagnostic.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Dec-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.