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- This page contains information and pictures about Darkling Beetles
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Beetles in this family are usually black or brown in colour, highly variable
in shape, with concealed antennal insertions. Their antenna are medium length,
stout, either moniliform (antenna in which the antennomeres are about as long as wide and more or less
bead-like) or incrassate (antenna in which the antennomeres gradually increase in width towards the apex
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- Adults feed on variety of dead
materials of plants, lichens or fungal. Many occur under rocks and in leaf
litter.
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- Larvae live in rotten woods, in soil or scavenging on ground at night. .
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Subfamily Lagriinae
- Brown Darkling Beetle, Honeybrown Beetle
- Ecnolagria grandis, Lagriini, body length 20mm
- We found a lot of those beetles hiding in a tree at Mt Nebo Outlook during
mid summer. In the small area at Mt Nebo Outlook, we saw a few hundreds
of them hiding. More pictures and information can be found in this page.
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- Black Darkling Beetle
- Ecnolagria sp., Lagriini, body length 15mm
- This beetle was found alone on a vine in Yugarapul Park during mid summer.
It flied away after we took those pictures. Please also check this page.
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Subfamily Tenebrioninae
- Chalcopterus Beetle I
- Chalcopteroides sp., Amarygmini, body length 20mm
- This beetle is black in colour. It is shiny in metallic green or red depend
on the angle you look at it. We took this picture in a forest near Wivenhoe
Lake in late summer 2002. The beetle was resting on a gum tree trunk. Here we like
to thank Mr. Justin Bartlett in Brisbane. Justin sent us email to identify this
beetle. Justin also advised that there are many similar looking species in this
genus that are commonly found on, and under bark of Eucalyptus. They are all
black with an iridescent sheen.
- Reference:
- 1. Chalcopteroides brevipes (Blackburn) - Australian Insect Common Names, AICN version 1.53, CSIRO 2005.
- 2. Chalcopteroides Strand, 1935 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2007.
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- Chalcopterus Beetle II
 - Chalcopteroides sp., Amarygmini, body length 20mm
- Pictures were taken next to Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank just before Christmas
Dec 2007. There are many similar looking species in this Chalcopteroides
genus that are commonly found on, and under bark of Eucalyptus. They are all
black with an iridescent sheen. One distinct feature of this genus is its head
held vertically against its body. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Chalcopterus Beetle III
 - Chalcopteroides sp., Amarygmini, body length 20mm
- Found under bark of Eucalyptus during early summer and mid summer in Karawatha Park.
They like to hide on a smooth gum tree trunk under loose barks. Please check
this page for more pictures and information.
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- Pie-dish Beetle
 - Pterohelaeus sp. (P. walkeri, P. cornutus or P.
piceus), Heleini, body length 20mm
- This beetle was found walking on ground in our front yard during the day on
March 2008. We took it inside our house and took some photos. We kept it for a
day and let it back to our front yard. Please visit this page
for more infromation.
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- Unknown Tenebrionid Beetle with white edges
 - ? sp., body length 22mm
- Found this beetle once in Ford Road Conservation Area on Jan 2009. The
beetle was climbing up on a large gum tree trunk. When we took a few photos,
it drop onto the ground. We put it back on the tree trunk again it quickly
climbed up to the tree top.
 - Please email
us if you know the ID of this beetle.
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- Dark Vader Beetle
 - ? sp., body length 20mm
- We found this beetle once in Carbrook Wetland on Oct 2009. We believed the
beetle was traveling to somewhere. It flied pass and landed on a medium high
plant, took about a minute rested on leaves. Then it flied to another plant
about ten meters away and took another minute rest. Then flied to another
plane... straight ahead............
  - Please email
us if you know the ID of this beetle.
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Subfamily Stenochiinae
- Blown Beetle with white legs
 - Dimorphochilus pascoei, body length 20mm
 - Pictures were also taken in Yimbun Park along Bulimba Creek on Oct 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Beetles - family Tenebrionidae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan,
2008.
- 2. Terrestrial
Invertebrate Status Review (Brisbane City) - Dr John Stanisic,
Queensland Museum, 2005, page 73, fig35d.
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- Black Beetle
 - ? Aethyssius viridis, body length 20mm
- The beetle was resting on a tree trunk. It dropped onto the ground when we
came closely. We picked it up and took those pictures. It was in Karawatha
Forest She-Oak Tree area Dec 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Beetles - family Tenebrionidae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan,
2008.
- 2. Terrestrial
Invertebrate Status Review (Brisbane City) - Dr John Stanisic,
Queensland Museum, 2005, page 72, fig34k.
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Subfamily Alleculinae
- Dark Green and Brown Beetle
- Omnatophorus sp., Alleculina, Alleculini, body length 15mm
- Photos were taken next to Bulimba Creek in Wishart on Oct 2007, also Bulimba
Creek in Sunnybank on Nov 2007.
 - Here we would like to thank Robert
Whyte again for the ID of this species.
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- Reference;
- 1. TENEBRIONIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2007.
- 2. Dictionary of Entomological Terms - Insects of Townsville, Australia by Graeme Cocks.
- 3. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia Part.5 -
Matthews, E.G. 1987.
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