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Family Tenebrionidae
- This page contains information and pictures about Darkling Beetles
in Subfamily Alleculinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Beetles in this subfamily have elongated narrow body. They have long and
slender legs with combed tarsi.
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- All Comb-clawed Beetles we found in this page are in tribe Alleculini.
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- Black Comb-clawed 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. Please also check this page
for more information.
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- Dark Green Comb-clawed Beetle
 - Aethyssius cylindricus, (Anaxo cylindricus), body length 12mm
- Pictures were taken in Yimbun Park along Bulimba Creek on Oct 2007. The
beetle was black to dark green in colour, elongated and parallel-sided slender body and with
mouth parts expanded. The antennae were long and in filiform. Please
check this page for more information.
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- Striped Comb-clawed Beetle
 - Aethyssius sp., (Chromomoea sp.), body length 12mm
- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest Dentata Track next to a small creek
on Nov 2007. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Blown Comb-clawed Beetle
 - Dimorphochilus pascoei, body length 20mm
- Pictures were also taken in Yimbun Park along Bulimba Creek on Oct 2007.
Please check this page for more
information.
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- Green Comb-clawed Beetle
 - Ommatophorus sp., body length 15mm
- Photos were taken next to Bulimba Creek in Wishart on Oct 2007, also Bulimba
Creek in Sunnybank on Nov 2007. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Bark Comb Clawed Beetle
 - Euomma lateralis, body length 6mm
- We found this group of small beetle hiding under loose bark on a large gum
tree on Jan 2010 in Karawatha Forest. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Grey Comb-clawed Beetle
 - ? Homotrysis sp., body length 20mm
- We found this beetle in Wishart Bushland on Sep 2010. It was resting on
a large gum tree trunk. The beetle is shiny black in colour with white to grey
striae on elytra (longitudinal lines on wing-cover). Please check this page
for more information.
- 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.
Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 4. A Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April
2010, p176.
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