Anoplognathus brunnipennis

Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Point Hut to Tharwa

Anoplognathus brunnipennis at Point Hut to Tharwa - 7 Jan 2017
Anoplognathus brunnipennis at Point Hut to Tharwa - 7 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Anoplognathus brunnipennis 12 Jan 2024 HaukeKoch
Anoplognathus brunnipennis 10 Sep 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Anoplognathus brunnipennis 26 Jun 2017 michaelb

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On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.

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HaukeKoch wrote:
   10 Jan 2024
I think this is a mix of A. brunnipennis and A. hirsutus (= now A. explanatus). In the first image, the top two are A. hirsutus and the bottom one is A. brunnipennis. Second image is A. brunnipennis; third and fourth A. hirsutus. A brunnipennis does not have the white setae on the pronotum and face. I've seen both species together twice myself now in aggregations.
HaukeKoch wrote:
   10 Jan 2024
Maybe the images could be split accordingly into two observations.
michaelb wrote:
   12 Jan 2024
I've removed the images for A. hirsutus. and submitted a new sighting - Anoplognathus hirsutus (Hirsute Christmas beetle)

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