Species Anoplognathus porosus (Dalman, 1817)

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• Rutela porosa Dalman, J.W. 1817. Sistens descriptiones novarum specierum. pp. 1-144 in Schönherr, C.J. (ed.). Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Scaris : Lewerentziana Vol. I(3) 266 pp. [63].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRS 000029805 ♀.
  Status unknown, MNHP, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Seidel, M. & Reid, C.A.M. 2021. Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections. Zootaxa 4908(2): 225–238 [Date published 14/01/2021].
• Anoplognathus inustus Kirby, W. 1818. A century of Insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 375-453 [405].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Australia (as Australasia).
• Anoplognathus pectoralis Burmeister, H.C.C. 1844. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Anthobia et Phyllophaga systellochela. Berlin : Reimer Vol. 4 (1) xii 588 pp. [443].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀, Australia (as Neu-Holland).
• Anoplognathus luridus Arrow, G.J. 1901. Remarks on secondary sexual differences in rutelid Coleoptera, with descriptions of some new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 395-401 [396] [subjective synonym].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, NSW.
  Syntype(s) NHM-UK NHMUK014380379 ♂, New S.Wales; NHM-UK NHMUK014380380 ♀, New S.Wales.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carne, P.B. 1957. A revision of the ruteline genus Anoplognathus Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 5(1): 88–143 [115]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: folivore, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae probably feed on rotting wood, humus or grass roots, strawberry pest.

General References

Carne, P.B., Greaves, R.T.G. & McInnes, R.S. 1974. Insect damage to plantation-grown eucalypts in north coastal New South Wales, with particular reference to christmas beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 189-206 (biology, pest status)

Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Cockchafer (Anoplognathus) grubs destroying strawberry plants. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 12: 473-476 (taxonomy, pest status)

Roberts, R.J., Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Milner, R.J. & Walters, P.J. 1979. Insect pests of pastures. pp. 91-98 in Parkin, R. (ed.). Pastoral Research on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Sydney : Department of Agriculture of N.S.W. (biology)

History of changes