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FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Blue Darkling Beetles
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 20mm
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- We found this beetle in Karawatha Forest on Dec 2010. It was wandering on
gum tree trunk.
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- The beetle is steel blue in colour with metallic reflections.
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- Reference:
- 1. Classification, relationships and distribution of the genera of Cyphaleini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) - Matthews, E.G. 1992, Invertebrate Taxonomy
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