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CARABIDAE
Tree Trunk Tiger Beetle I
Tree Trunk Tiger Beetle II
Longicorn Ground Beetle
Black Ground Beetle 

STAPHYLINIDAE
Rove Beetles 

Scarabaeoidea
LUCANIDAE
Golden Stag Beetle
SCARABAEIDAE
Scarab Beetles

BUPRESTIDAE
Jewel Beetles

Elateroidea
EUCNEMIDAE
False Click Beetles
ELATERIDAE
Click Beetles 
LYCIDAE
Lycid Beetles
CANTHARIDAE
Soldier Beetles

ANOBIIDAE
Spider Beetle 

CLERIDAE
Clerid Beetles
MELYRIDAE
Red and Blue Beetle
Red Soft-winged Beetle
Yellow Soft-winged Beetle

NITIDULIDAE
Sap Beetles
LANGURIIDAE
Lizard Beetles

COCCINELLIDAE 
Ladybird Beetles 

Tenebrionoidea
MORDELLIDAE
Pintail Beetles
RHIPIPHORIDAE
Wedge-shaped Beetles TENEBRIONIDAE
Darkling Beetles
OEDEMERIDAE
Pollen Beetles
MELOIDAE
Blister Beetles  

CERAMBYCIDAE
Longicorn Beetles
CHRYSOMELIDAE 
Leaf Beetles  

Curculionoidea
BELIDAE
Belid Weevils
CURCULIONIDAE
True Weevil

Other Beetle Families 

                                               

Family Eucnemidae - False Click Beetles

Beetles in this family look like the Click Beetle but may or may not have the click mechanism. Their body is elongated and slightly flattened, from small to medium size. The eyes are usually large with the antennae are inserted some distance from the eyes.
 
Larvae live in moist, decaying weed feeding on fungi or the wood. .
 

 
False Click Beetle
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? sp., body length 15mm
 
 
  

Reference:
1. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.4 - Matthews, E.G. 1985, p8. 
2. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 637.
3. EUCNEMIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 1996. 
 
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