2 Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 24 Dec 2023 | jb2602 |
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2 comments
jb2602
wrote:
24 Dec 2023
Looks a lot like A. chloropyrus shown on the Australian Museum site but not much like A. brunnipennis from that site (same with the Xmas Beetle App by them).
HaukeKoch
wrote:
24 Dec 2023
The Australian Museum site and app is outdated in this respect. A. chloropyrus is no longer a valid name, it's now a synonym of A. brunnipennis after a recent paper reviewing the type specimens. A. brunnipennis used to refer to a different species, which is now called A. flavipennis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152047-35.259177
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2023 10:22 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scientific name
- Green-tailed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1031m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
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