Water Beetle
Laccophilus
FP-11548
Discoverer: F. Bokhari (2021)
Fauna Portal species: 11548
Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family: Dytiscidae
Diagnosis
An orange beetle with black squiggly lines on the elytra.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
unknown
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Harry Butler Institute
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N26121-13
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19 April 2021
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, GTP
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UV light trap
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
The map shows all records that have been verified as part of the Fauna Portal project and may not represent the true distribution of a species. Specifically, for described species, check the link to the Atlas of Living Australia on this page for potential wider distributions. Fauna Portal Reference specimens and Linnean types are shown in red. If you identified a specimen that exceeds the distribution of an undescribed species as illustrated here, please contact the Fauna Portal team who can assist with the lodgement of the specimen in a public institution and display on the map.
Volker Framenau, 01 January 2024
Farhan Bokhari, 07 February 2024
Coleoptera (Beetles)
All classes
- Arachnida
- Crustacea
- Insecta
- Orthoptera - Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
- Hymenoptera excl. Formicidae (bees and wasps)
- Blattodea s. str. (Cockroaches)
- Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Diptera (flies, mosquitos)
- Hemiptera - Heteroptera (True Bugs)
- Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha (aphids, scales etc.)
- Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas, planthoppers)
- Hymenoptera - Formicidae (Ants)
- Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
- Myriapoda