Melolonthinae (subfamily)

Cockchafer at Tathra, NSW

Request use of media

Identification history

Melolonthinae (subfamily)	19 Apr 2023	KimberiRP
Melolonthinae (subfamily)	26 May 2022	KimberiRP
Unverified	9 Apr 2022	KerryVance2

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

2 comments

KimberiRP wrote:

19 Apr 2023

Possibly Heteronyx.

GrahamH wrote:

24 Apr 2023

Because there are so many scarab beetles, and the definitive taxonomy is so limited, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between melolonthine, ruteline and dynastine species. Many of the defining characters for these 3 subfamilies lie on the legs and how the tarsal claws sit on the far end of the legs. So this specimen may be a Heteronyx species, but there are least 300 known and named Heteronyx species and a further (possibly) 200 known but unnamed Hetoronyx species - so I would be keen to examine the specimen, and particularly the legs, before giving a definitive identification.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.983999 -36.731857
Places Tathra, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Mar 2022 08:44 PM Recorded on
KerryVance2 Recorded by
Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) KerryVance2 South Coast NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Melolonthinae (subfamily) Scientific name
Cockchafer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1454m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania