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]
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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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Distribution
editIt is found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
- ^ "Morwell National Park - Species - Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus tricolor) - Woodlands Historic Park".
- ^ "Sighting - BowerBird". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Tricolor Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus tricolor".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor - Insects of Tasmania: Coleoptera".
- ^ "Chauliognathus tricolor".
Further reading
edit- Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). Cantharidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1. Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers. ISBN 90-6193-433-8.
External links
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