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Carabidae

   Ground Beetles, Tiger Beetles. Active, cursorial, carnivorous beetles. Distinguishing features are striate elytra, long legs, prominent mandibles and an antennal cleaning organ near the apex of the fore tibia. Many are black and shiny while others are brightly metallic.     [2500 Aust. species]

Chlaenius australis Chlaenius flaviuttatus

Chlaenius hamifer

 Chlaenius sp. A

 

      

Cicindela semicincta Clivina sp.A

Clivina sp. B

 Clivina sp. C
       

Distipsidera sp. filename: gvc5334 filename: gvc4734 filename: gvc5162
       

   
filename: gvc4410 filename: gvc0319 filename: gvc6780  
       
       
       
       

References:

Australian Beetles

John F. Lawrence and E.B. Britton

Melbourne University Press, 1994

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