Desert Water Scavenger Beetle Enochrus deserticola (Blackburn, 1896)
Fauna Portal species: 11070
Enochrus deserticola, dorsal (HBI N25645-7; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: F. Bokhari (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7416Diagnosis
A uniformly brown to black species with lighter colouration along the edges of the pronotum and elytra.
Status
- native
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Distribution
Australia wide.
Fauna Portal Records
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