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darkling beetle

Description:

A dark green, darkling beetle, specifically a long-jointed bark beetle (Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) See: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_... This species has a pair of very faint reddish brown spots, with one spot positioned midway along the edge of each elytra. See a similar unidentified species from Papua here http://www.flickr.com/photos/39295360@N0...

Habitat:

Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden situated next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

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Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on May 3, 2013
Submitted on Mar 25, 2014

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