Leperina mastersii

Leperina mastersii

Leperina mastersii is a small black wood boring beetle with red spots. It is found in Australia.
Leperina mastersii A member of a small beetle family of 'bark gnawing beetles' in the family Trogossitidae. The name Lepidopteryx is based on the scales on the surface of the elytra and means ''scale + wings'' It has been superseded by Leperina. Australia,Geotagged,Leperina,Leperina mastersii,Lepidopteryx,Trogossitidae

Naming

Synonym
Lepidopteryx mastersii W.J. Macleay 1871

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
Family‎Trogossitidae
GenusLeperina
SpeciesLeperina mastersii
Photographed in
Australia