Chauliognathus lugubris

TaxID: 1184608

Basic Information

Chauliognathus lugubris

Plague Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus lugubris, the plague soldier beetle, green soldier beetle or banana bug, is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae) native to Australia. It has a flattened body up to 15 millimetres (1 in) long, with a prominent yellow-orange stripe behind the black prothorax. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra. Plague soldier beetles are most common in spring and early summer, and have an adult lifespan of 2-3 months. They are most commonly found in the temperate region of south-east Australia, but are occasionally found in parts of the south-west of the continent. The beetles often swarm in large, localised groups around flora such as shrubs and trees, primarily to mate and eat. The swarms can include hundreds of thousands of beetles. As adults, plague soldier beetles are thought to feed on pollen and nectar. While in their larval stage, plague soldier beetles live in soil and are thought to feed on smaller, soft-shelled invertebrates.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Cantharidae

Chauliognathus

lugubris

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Reiner Richter@BY-NC-SA
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(c) Luis Mata@BY-NC
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(c) Arthur Chapman@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

Head nearly flat above, black with a slight bluish reflection, finely and rather densely punctate on frons and vertex; vertex with a shallow median sulcus.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Jules Bourgeois. 1910. Description de deux Chauliognathus de Nouvelle-Guinée [Col. Malacodermata]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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