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Cultellunguis
Black head, orange thorax, elongated black elytra, orange abdomen. Soldier beetles are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles.
Spotted in a dry area next to Perth.
They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Superfamily: Elateroidea Family: Cantharidae
Spotted on Apr 1, 2019
Submitted on Jun 9, 2019
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