Fire Beetle Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Fauna Portal species: 11322
Merimna atrata, dorsal (HBI N25617-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: F. Bokhari (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7775Diagnosis
A large species with coppery iridescence and characteristic striation. Merimna atrata is the only species in the genus Merimna.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype, sex unknown, Nouvelle Hollande (Australia) (Oxford University Museum)
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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