''Carphurus elegans'' is a species of soft-wing flower beetles (

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s of the family

Melyridae Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow ...

) in the subfamily

Malachiinae Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution. Description Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the bo ...

and tribe Carphurini. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

References

External links

''Carphurus elegans'' at Atlas of Living Australia
Melyridae Beetles described in 1909 Beetles of Australia Insects of Queensland Taxa named by Arthur Mills Lea {{Melyridae-stub