Unidentified Christmas beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 22 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus hirsutus | 2 Jan 2022 | Amata | ||
| Anoplognathus hirsutus | 2 Jan 2022 | AlisonMilton |
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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.
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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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Christmas beetles
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 1277.7m Recorded at altitude
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