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Phoracantha sp.
A medium longicorn about 34mm; a single yellow marker on each black wing cover. Fairly smooth with tubercules.
Under very strong lights at night in suburban car lot.
Similar but different to the previous spotting. Need to check colour/pattern variations. Phoracantha impavida only in WA. Check semipunctata (continent wide) here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phorac...
Thanks for the suggestion Adarsha. I didn't like the non-tubercular thorax, the segments on antennae, on Heterachthes quadrimaculatus plus the fact that it is unknown in Australia. .
Hi argy, here is some proofs for australian species. Not quite sure still...
1)http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232693205_New_Distribution_and_Adult_Host_Records_for_longhorned_Beetles_(Cerambycidae)_from_Iowa
2) http://biostor.org/reference/3691.text
3) http://www.prioninae.org/Data/Catalogue%...
Spotted on Jan 30, 2013
Submitted on Jan 31, 2013
