Unidentified Christmas beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 22 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus explanatus | 2 Jan 2022 | Amata | ||
| Anoplognathus explanatus | 2 Jan 2022 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
Found deceased.
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
20 Nov 2023
There are no setae visible on head and pronotum, and the shape of the clypeus also doesn't seem right to me for A. hirsutus. May be A. brunnipennis (which is still called A. chloropyrus on CNM), but I'd leave it at Anoplognathus sp. without a view of the pygidium.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029533-35.238256
- Altitude 583.0m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2022 06:50 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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