Medium-sized beetle with oval outline, arched in profile. Antennae moderately long, forward-pointing and widening towards their tips. Thorax bears dense but fine punctures, while wing-cases (elytra) bear only weakly-raised longitudinal ridges and rows of shallow pits and corrugations. Body-colour dark brown or dark grey, with irregular patches of long, pale scales, particularly on the elytra

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Habitat Eucalypt woodland
Size Can grow to a body length of around 15mm
Origin Native
Distribution Tasmania and southern Victoria
Descriptions
Distribution
Tasmania and southern Victoria
Habitat
Eucalypt woodland
Size
Can grow to a body length of around 15mm
Common Name Darkling Beetle
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderColeoptera
SuborderPolyphaga
SuperfamilyTenebrionoidea
FamilyTenebrionidae
SubfamilyTenebrioninae
TribeHeleini
GenusLepispilus
SpeciesLepispilus sulcicollis
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