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CARABIDAE
Ground Beetles

STAPHYLINIDAE
Rove Beetles 

LUCANIDAE
Golden Stag Beetle
SCARABAEIDAE
Scarab Beetles

BUPRESTIDAE
Variable Jewel Beetle
CastiarinaJewel Beetle
Variegate Jewel Beetle
DysenteryPlant Jewel Beetle
DarkBlue BanksiaJewel Beetle 
Circle-dottedJewel Beetle
Marble Jewel Beetle
Pea Flower Jewel Beetle 

EUCNEMIDAE
False Click Beetles
ELATERIDAE
Click Beetles 
LYCIDAE
Long-noseLycidBeetle
RedShoulderLycid Beetle
CANTHARIDAE
Plague Soldier Beetle
Tricolor Soldier Beetle
Yellow Soldier Beetle
Red-tippedSoldier Beetle 

ANOBIIDAE
Spider Beetle 

CLERIDAE
Clerid Beetles
MELYRIDAE
Red and Blue Beetle
RedSoft-winged Beetle
YellowSoft-winged Beetle

NITIDULIDAE
Sap Beetles
LANGURIIDAE
Lizard Beetles

COCCINELLIDAE 
Ladybird Beetles 

MORDELLIDAE
Pintail Beetles
RHIPIPHORIDAE
Wedge-shaped Beetles TENEBRIONIDAE
Brown Darkling Beetle
Black Darkling Beetle
ChalcopterusBeetleII
ChalcopterusBeetleIII
Pie-dish Beetle
OEDEMERIDAE
Lycid-mimicPollen Beetle
Black Pollen Beetle
Striped Pollen Beetle
MELOIDAE
Blister Beetles  
 

CERAMBYCIDAE
Longicorn Beetles
CHRYSOMELIDAE 
Leaf Beetles  

BELIDAE
Belid Weevils
CURCULIONIDAE
True Weevil

Other Beetle Families 

                                               

Family Languriidae - Lizard Beetles

Beetles in this family are usually narrowly elongated, slightly flattened, metallic, black and reddish brown in colours. Their head is relatively large.
  
Larvae are not known but believed are stem-borers. 
 
We found one species in this family.  
 

Lizard Beetle
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Caenolanguria vulgaris, body length 10mm
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Photos were taken next to Bulimba Creek at Sunnybank on Nov 2007. The beetle was running across leaves on short plants.
 

Reference:
1. Lizard Beetle - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.
2. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 655, Fig.35.48B.
3. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.6 - Matthews, E.G. 1992, p11.

 
 
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