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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HaukeKoch
wrote:
6 Dec 2025
A. suturalis seems to have a good year; I've so far almost only seen A. explanatus out of the species pair around Canberra in the last 2 years, but now already several A. suturalis this year here and on iNat.
Anoplognathus suturalis
chriselidie
wrote:
5 Dec 2025
Yes, I can see what you mean, it's really all in the detail. Thanks for the identification!
Anoplognathus suturalis
HaukeKoch
wrote:
5 Dec 2025
Thanks, this new picture should confirm A. suturalis. What you'd want to see for A. explanatus (= A. hirsutus) is the sort of V shaped gap between the elytral apices and the midline of the elytra like in this image: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/341604866
Anoplognathus suturalis
Significant sightings
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Chondropyga olliffiana
- Chondropyga olliffiana at Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Anoplognathus porosus at Mount Ainslie
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Kambah, ACT
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Hawker, ACT
- Liparetrus discipennis at O'Connor, ACT
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