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

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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Discussion

KimberiRP wrote:

3 Mar 2025

Possibly genus Scitala.

Melolonthinae (subfamily)

KimberiRP wrote:

3 Mar 2025

Possibly genus Sericesthis.

Unidentified Scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae)

DiBickers wrote:

2 Mar 2025

@MatthewFrawley gosh these are stunning photos!! I really hope you get to species level with them🧡

Anoplognathus suturalis

HaukeKoch wrote:

26 Feb 2025

White setae on head, pronotum and pygidium. Some setae at the posterior corners of the pronotum and rounded apices of the elytra with re-entrant angle to distinguish from A. suturalis.

Anoplognathus hirsutus

HaukeKoch wrote:

23 Feb 2025

Distinguished from A. montanus by the lack of continuous bands of white setae across the abdominal sternites, the broad and long anal tuft of orange hair, and the more concave sides of the male clypeus.

Anoplognathus viriditarsis