2 Porosus Christmas beetle at Point Hut to Tharwa
Identification history
| Anoplognathus porosus | 10 Jan 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus porosus | 26 Jun 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 8 Dec 2018 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 22 Nov 2018 | MichaelBedingfield |
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On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
22 Jun 2023
This looks more like A. porosus to me; what used to be called A. chloropyrus (now A. brunnipennis) doesn't have the well developed dark punctures on the elytra seen here. A view of the pygidium would be better to have clarity.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064889-35.498311
- Altitude 588.3m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2015 07:22 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus porosus Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Anoplognathus porosus Scientific name
- Porosus Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 816.39m Recorded at altitude
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