Barrow Island Jewel Beetle
Neocuris
FP-13273
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal species: 13273
Neocuris FP-13273, dorsal (HBI N29712-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: I. Mitchener (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8585Diagnosis
This species differs from the second Neocuris species on Barrow Island, Neocurisdiscoflava by the overall blue, not green sheen, and the presence of a dark violet patch anteriorly and centrally on the elytra. Both might be variations of the same species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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