Chauliognathus tricolor
Chauliognathus tricolor | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cantharidae |
Genus: | Chauliognathus |
Species: | C. tricolor |
Binomial name | |
Chauliognathus tricolor Castelnau, 1840 |
Chauliognathus tricolor, the Tricolor soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It has a flattened body between 6 and 16 millimeters long with a prominent red-orange stripe behind the black prothorax. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra.[7][8][9]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
- ^ "Morwell National Park - Species - Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus tricolor) - Woodlands Historic Park".
- ^ "Sighting - BowerBird". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
Further reading
[edit]- Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). Cantharidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1. Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. ISBN 90-6193-433-8.
External links
[edit]Media related to Chauliognathus tricolor at Wikimedia Commons
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