Chauliognathus tricolor

Chauliognathus tricolor, the Tricolor soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It has a flattened body between 6 and 16 millimeters long with a prominent red-orange stripe behind the black prothorax. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra.[7][8][9]

Chauliognathus tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Chauliognathus
Species:
C. tricolor
Binomial name
Chauliognathus tricolor
Castelnau, 1840

Distribution

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It is found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
  2. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
  3. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
  4. ^ "Morwell National Park - Species - Chauliognathus tricolor".
  5. ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus tricolor) - Woodlands Historic Park".
  6. ^ "Sighting - BowerBird". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  7. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
  8. ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus tricolor".
  9. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
  10. ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".

Further reading

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  • Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). Cantharidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1. Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. ISBN 90-6193-433-8.
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Chauliognathus tricolor
Chauliognathus tricolor