Anoplognathus porosus

Anoplognathus porosus is a species[1] of beetle within the genus Anoplognathus.

Anoplognathus porosus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anoplognathus
Species:
A. porosus
Binomial name
Anoplognathus porosus
(Dalman, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anoplognathus inustus Kirby, 1818
  • Anoplognathus luridus Arrow, 1901
  • Anoplognathus pectoralis Burmeister, 1844
  • Rutela porosus Dalman, 1817

Description

Anoplognathus porosus is similar to Anoplognathus olivieri but females lack the lateral elytral expansion and the pygidium is bronze-green, with a border of recumbent white setae[2]

Range

occurs from Victoria to northern Queensland and is a common species around Sydney

References
  1. "Anoplognathus porosus". GBIIF. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348478113_Taxonomic_changes_resulting_from_a_review_of_the_types_of_Australian_Anoplognathini_Coleoptera_Scarabaeidae_Rutelinae_housed_in_Swedish_natural_history_collections


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