Adelium pustulosum (Darkling beetle)
Matches description of Adelium victoriae (later synonomised with Adelium pustulosum) in Carter, H.J. Proc. (1908) Linnaean Soc. NSW v.33. Key features include: 3rd joint of antennae is shorter than 4th and 5th joints combined, dark bronze body colour, intervals of elytra are flat, not interrrupted and are striate-punctate, posterior angle of pronotum is widely obtuse and pronotum is slightly rugose.
Also image looks like that of the holotype in ALA taken from Museum Victoria specimen
Adelium pustulosum is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Adelium pustulosum Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 943.9m Recorded at altitude
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