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Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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Find out more about Anoplognathus species Christmas Beetles on the Australian Museum website: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/ or view all the Christmas Beetle records on NatueMapr in this Collection: https://naturemapr.org/collections/sightings/11178

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Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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Eupoecila australasiae (Fiddler Beetle) at Benandarah, NSW by ajlandford
Schizorhina atropunctata (Schizorhina atropunctata) at Benandarah, NSW by ajlandford
Schizorhina atropunctata (Schizorhina atropunctata) at Benandarah, NSW by ajlandford
Schizorhina atropunctata (Schizorhina atropunctata) at Benandarah, NSW by NAL23
Unidentified Scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae) at Benandarah, NSW by ajlandford
Anoplognathus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Christmas beetle) at Long Beach, NSW by RomanSoroka
Anoplognathus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Christmas beetle) at Benandarah, NSW by Harrisi
Chondropyga dorsalis (Cowboy beetle) at Surf Beach, NSW by Hejor1
Anoplognathus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Christmas beetle) at Vincentia, NSW by Miranda
Eupoecila australasiae (Fiddler Beetle) at Marshall Mount, NSW by RalphArn
Scarabaeidae (family) at Batehaven, NSW by Hejor1
Neorrhina punctatum (Spotted flower chafer) at Batehaven, NSW by Hejor1
Anoplognathus viriditarsis (Green-footed Christmas beetle) at Batehaven, NSW by Hejor1
Chondropyga dorsalis (Cowboy beetle) at Batehaven, NSW by Hejor1
Anoplognathus brunnipennis (Green-tailed Christmas beetle) at Kangaroo Valley, NSW by lbradley
Chondropyga dorsalis (Cowboy beetle) at Batemans Bay, NSW by Hejor1

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:
8 Jan 2025
Hi @Choyster - another example of a new species being allocated incorrectly to Other Shrubs.
Paraschizognathus prasinus
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
8 Jan 2025
Thanks Hauke. I've moved the species into Scarab Beetles & left it for someone else to confirm. Maybe Kim Pullen can.
Paraschizognathus prasinus
Tapirlord wrote:
7 Jan 2025
@MichaelBedingfield
Paraschizognathus prasinus
Harrisi wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Thanks for your efforts over time Hauke; hopefully the glitch is easily remedied..? #michaelB
Paraschizognathus prasinus
HaukeKoch wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Appears to fit the description of P. prasinus in Carne 1958 well, but I'm not familiar enough with the other species in the genus to be confident. I tried to set this species up in the NatureMapr taxonomy as a new taxon, but somehow it got registered as a shrub instead of a scarab beetle.
Paraschizognathus prasinus

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Anoplognathus brunnipennis at Kangaroo Valley, NSW

Eupoecila australasiae at Benandarah, NSW

Schizorhina atropunctata at Benandarah, NSW

Schizorhina atropunctata at Benandarah, NSW

Schizorhina atropunctata at Benandarah, NSW

Schizorhina atropunctata at Benandarah, NSW

Schizorhina atropunctata at Benandarah, NSW

Anoplognathus sp. (genus) at Vincentia, NSW

Anoplognathus sp. (genus) at Benandarah, NSW

Anoplognathus sp. (genus) at Long Beach, NSW

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