Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Sighting 4549823

Chondropyga olliffiana

7 Olliff's flower scarab at suppressed

Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
Chondropyga olliffiana at suppressed - suppressed
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Identification history

Chondropyga olliffiana 1 Feb 2024 AlisonMilton
Unverified 1 Feb 2024 LisaH

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Significant sighting

AlisonMilton noted:

1 Feb 2024

First sighting for this region

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Impressive beetle!

8 comments

LisaH wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
Thank you!
AlisonMilton wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
@LisaH A new one for me too.
LisaH wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
@AlisonMilton Very exciting - from what I can find on ALA, this is the sixth record of the beetle? Or have I read that incorrectly?
HelenCross wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
Great photos! And definitely not a lot of images on the net! The only other one on NatureMapr was recorded on 20 January: https://southern-highlands.naturemapr.org/sightings/4546327. @KimberiRP can you shed a bit of light on this species?
LisaH wrote:
   5 Feb 2024
@HelenCross Thank you! There I was, wandering along, looking down and in my own world . . . For whatever reason, I looked up to see this amazing creature and managed to snap a few photos before it loudly buzzed away. I'd love to know more, thank you for asking
KimberiRP wrote:
   15 Jun 2025
I've looked at images of Chondropyga olliffiana and Lyraphora obliquata and I have to say that, at this point, I can't separate them. C. olliffiana is a rare species known from the South Coast and Southern Highlands of NSW (so this sighting fits in that respect) and from a few places in northern NSW. The ALA map of occurrence records for L. obliquata* shows many records from Qld, and several from NSW - some in the north-east corner, contiguous with Qld; some in the central-east; one inland (Cowra); and one South Coast (Wonboyn). It's possible that some of these NSW records are actually C. olliffiana. I will try to sort them out in the ANIC!
*https://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:https:%2F%2Fbiodiversity.org.au%2Fafd%2Ftaxa%2Fdbfeec69-339c-4dd7-bdd9-44dbc677f48e&qualityProfile=ALA
KimberiRP wrote:
   Yesterday
There is a comment by Chris Moeseneder about C. olliffiana and L. obliquata at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/107077726. Looks like they can be hard to separate, even for an expert.
There is still no agreement on one at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107086552 !
LisaH wrote:
   Yesterday
Thank you for following this up, and sharing your research.

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