Biology:Chauliognathus tricolor
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Genus: | Chauliognathus |
| Species: | C. tricolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Chauliognathus tricolor Castelnau, 1840
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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]
Distribution
It is found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania.[10]
References
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5de4b02d-986f-4739-9041-b502220e5393#classification.
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor". https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/22675.
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera". https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-polyphaga/cantharidae-soldier-beetles/genus-chauliognathus/chauliognathus-tricolor.
- ↑ "Morwell National Park - Species - Chauliognathus tricolor". http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Chauliognathus%20tricolor.
- ↑ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus tricolor) - Woodlands Historic Park". http://whp.altervista.org/insects/chauliognathus-tricolor.php.
- ↑ "Sighting - BowerBird". http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/2679.
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor". https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/22675.
- ↑ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus tricolor". http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_clickbeetles/TricolorSoldierBeetle.htm.
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera". https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-polyphaga/cantharidae-soldier-beetles/genus-chauliognathus/chauliognathus-tricolor.
- ↑ "Chauliognathus tricolor". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5de4b02d-986f-4739-9041-b502220e5393.
Further reading
- Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). Cantharidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1. Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. ISBN 90-6193-433-8.
External links
File:Chauliognathus tricolor.webm
Wikidata ☰ Q65087494 entry
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