Lord Howe Island Pintail Beetle (Tomoxia howensis)

The Lord Howe Island Pintail Beetle was described in 1917; it was endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.

The species reached a length of about 0,8 cm; it was generally black with a vague bluish iridescence, in some lights the elytral pubescence appears to be of a rusty-brown, and that on the scutellum greyish.

The Lord Howe Island Pintail Beetle has not been collected since the 1880s and is now considered extinct. [1]

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References:

[1] Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan Appendices, Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney 2007

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edited: 26.04.2022