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I'm having trouble identifying this fellow for a longtime. The flower is a Carpobotus edulis (Hottentot Fig) and the place is near the coast. My best guess is a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), maybe a Acmaeops collaris, but it might also be a ground beetle (Carabidae family).

Thanks for your help

Joaquim Gaspar
Lisboa

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for sure is not Cerambycidae, Acmaeops collaris (also not another cerambycid).
this is some kind of tenebrionid (or close).

hope this helps you a little,
cosmln

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Thank you for your help. But a darkling beetle on a flower?

Joaquim Gaspar

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All right Cosmin. It's a family often considered as sub-family of the Tenebrionidae: Alleculidae. The genus is Heliotaurus and the species, hm.... it's a group of species very related, and very, very difficult to identify it with security. But the name Heliotaurus ruficollis is the most known.

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from what i know there are some species of tenebrionidae who can be found on flowers.

cosmln