Aulacocyclus edentulus

Passalid beetle at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

Aulacocyclus edentulus	30 Jul 2020	KimPullen
PASSALIDAE (family)	29 May 2020	KimPullen
PASSALIDAE (family)	29 May 2020	KimPullen
Aulacocyclus edentulus	13 May 2020	AndrewMcCutcheon

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User's notes

Attracted to the outside light along with many other insects

2 comments

KimPullen wrote:

29 May 2020

This may well be Aulacocyclus edentulus, but I can't see the critical features well enough to be sure. Pharochilus is another option - see https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/8/19/beetle-biodiversity .

AndrewMcCutcheon wrote:

29 May 2020

Thanks Kim for confirming and identifying the insects I have uploaded recently. Unfortunately I did not take some really close images of this passalid beetle, but if it is useful I have added a heavily cropped image of the thorax and head. Details may have been clearer if the beetle hadn't walked through some cobwebs.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.844771 -36.734744
Places Black Range, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
29 Dec 2019 10:20 PM Recorded on
AndrewMcCutcheon Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles AndrewMcCutcheon South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Aulacocyclus edentulus Scientific name
Passalid beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 906m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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