1 Porosus Christmas beetle at Inverell, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus porosus | 31 Dec 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 27 Dec 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus concolor | 26 Dec 2024 | GarethQ |
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3 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
27 Dec 2024
These seem to be two different species, but neither of them is A. concolor. First one may be A. porosus (but would need a view of the rear to confirm), second one A. montanus.
GarethQ
wrote:
27 Dec 2024
Thanks for confirming that! I attached another view of the first beetle that may show enough of the rear to confirm as A. porosus
HaukeKoch
wrote:
31 Dec 2024
Looks ok for A. porosus. A. boisduvalii can look similar in the area with relatively poorly developed black markings on the elytra. This seems to have the fringes of white setae at the side margin of the pygidium characteristic of A. porosus.
Location information
- Coordinates 151.080193-29.770170
- Places Inverell, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Dec 2024 09:03 PM Recorded on
- GarethQ Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season GarethQ Latest Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects New England NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus porosus Scientific name
- Porosus Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 816.39m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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