Barrow Island Soft-Winged Flower Beetle
Carphurus
FP-12343
Discoverer: F. Bokhari (2023)
Fauna Portal species: 12343
Carphurus FP-12343, dorsal (HBI N1000-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: A. Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 13521Diagnosis
Head, pronotum and elytra dark brown; abdomen, legs and antennae yellow brown. Head entirely encapsulated by pronotum, which wraps around head and thorax, and partialy overlaps elytra. Few sparse but long setae present on pronotum and elytra.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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