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Longicorn beetle

Acalolepta artia

Description:

About 14mm long excluding antennae. Pale yellowish brown mostly. Jaws down?

Habitat:

Sneaking around the autos late at night in a used car yard.

Notes:

family: CERAMBYCIDAE
subfamily: LAMIINAE
tribe: Monochamini
genus: Acalolepta
Thanks Francesco. http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id686...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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4 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

That's impressive Francesco. I have got so many others to track down I'm afraid my beetles are last on the list. Thanks again.

FrancescoVitali
FrancescoVitali 10 years ago

I finally managed to use my key to the Australian Acalolepta.
It should be a female of Acalolepta artia (Olliff, 1890).
Cf: http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id686...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thank you Francesco.

FrancescoVitali
FrancescoVitali 10 years ago

Genus Acalolepta (Lamiini)

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 10, 2014
Submitted on Jan 12, 2014

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