Barrow Island Ant-Like Flower Beetle
Anthicidae gen. indet.
FP-12377
Discoverer: F. Bokhari (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12377
Anthicidae gen. indet. FP-12377, dorsal (HBI N5922-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: A. Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13460Diagnosis
Head orange, with eye very large (≥ half head length); pronotum and elytra yellow-brown with two dark brown transverse bands across the middle and posterior end of elytra.
Very similar to Anthicidae FP-12374 but head lighter in colour, pronotum more slender, and transverse bands on elytra less pronounced.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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