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Hejor1 wrote:
4 Jan 2025
@mstevenson there doesn't appear to be any media uploaded for this sighting.
Unidentified
Hejor1 wrote:
4 Jan 2025
@mstevenson there doesn't appear to be any media uploaded for this sighting.
Unidentified
HaukeKoch wrote:
4 Oct 2024
I've set it back to Anoplognathus sp. as I think it's more likely a female A. olivieri. Ideally, a view of the pygidium is best to distinguish between the two (and A. pallidicollis, which can also look similar). The male clypeus is also much broader in shovel-like in A. olivieri. For comparison, here are some images of A. olivieri and A. porosus from the area (A. porosus is quite variable in terms of the colouration and patterning on the elytra across it's range):

A. olivieri:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=-36.50875819474151&nelng=150.47078690777164&swlat=-37.482709761110456&swlng=149.67427811870914&taxon_id=519430

A. porosus:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=-35.235754037276045&nelng=150.75643143902164&swlat=-37.482709761110456&swlng=149.54244218120914&taxon_id=201879
Anoplognathus sp. (genus)
HaukeKoch wrote:
3 Jan 2024
It's very broad, from that and the colouration I would suspect A. olivieri. That species still seems quite common, including around urban areas, along the Australian East Coast in our Christmas Beetle project. Best would be to have a view of the pygidium, which is drawn out and pointy with an apical tuft of setae.
Anoplognathus sp. (genus)
Kaypass wrote:
24 Jan 2020
No worries. I see what you are saying. Will add some more details.
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

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