Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Find out more about Anoplognathus species Christmas Beetles on the Australian Museum website: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/ or view all the Christmas Beetle records on NatueMapr in this Collection: https://naturemapr.org/collections/sightings/11178
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MarkH
wrote:
26 Nov 2024
This is a type of scarab beetle in the Melolonthinae family
Melolonthinae (subfamily)
HaukeKoch
wrote:
25 Nov 2024
More likely A. viriditarsis, but would be best to see the underside.
Anoplognathus sp. (genus)
HaukeKoch
wrote:
9 Jan 2024
Female. Good you got a shot of the underside; this species is otherwise quite similar to A. montanus, but doesn't have the continuous bands of white setae across the abdominal segments on the underside.
Anoplognathus viriditarsis
HaukeKoch
wrote:
21 Dec 2023
Has the diagnostic pattern of white setae on the pygidium for A. porosus.
Anoplognathus porosus
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