Anoplognathus suturalis
Centreline Christmas beetle at Tharwa, ACT
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| Anoplognathus explanatus | HaukeKoch | 5 Dec 2023 | |
| Anoplognathus suturalis | KimPullen | 19 Mar 2020 | |
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Oct 2019 | |
| Anoplognathus suturalis | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Jul 2019 |
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User's notes
On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa.
1 comment
20 Nov 2023
It's pretty hairy on the pronotum, so I'd think probably more likely A. hirsutus?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065078-35.497157
- Altitude 588.4m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 31 Jan 2015 07:48 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Eucalyptus sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus suturalis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Anoplognathus suturalis Scientific name
- Centreline Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1629m Recorded at altitude
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