Anoplognathus viriditarsis
4 Green-footed Christmas beetle at Buxton, NSW
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| Anoplognathus viriditarsis | 6 Dec 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Unverified | 2 Dec 2024 | millie |
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User's notes
6 legs, long head, iridescent brown with brown tips to legs.
2 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
It's tricky to separate A. viriditarsis from A. montanus without a view of the underside. I think it should be A. viriditarsis here, as this is the typical colouration of the species in the area (but colouration of both species varies across their range) and the side of the clypeus is quite concave not more straight as in A. montanus.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.541656-34.247544
- Altitude 370.5m
- Places Buxton, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2024 09:49 AM Recorded on
- millie Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects millie Southern Highlands NatureMapr Anoplognathus viriditarsis
Species information
- Anoplognathus viriditarsis Scientific name
- Green-footed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 706m Recorded at altitude
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