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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Chauliognathus
Species:
C. tricolor
Binomial name
Chauliognathus tricolor
Castelnau, 1840

Distribution

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

gollark: Okay then. Let me find the induction thingy capacity.
gollark: Well there you go.
gollark: (is completely useless since *you cannot do that*)
gollark: No, it has a limit imposed by mekanism itself.
gollark: I believe you'll hit the limit of "how many induction whatevers can I cram in" before "how is this storing energy".

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


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