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Eucalyptus chafer
Xylonichus eucalypti
-37.8932, 145.309
Field Notes
Description:
An attractive stout beetle about 23 mm long. Its bright green elytra showed linear pitting with short stiff pale setae. Margins were yellow. Head and thorax were a slightly paler green colour. Legs were a deep brown with green femurs and had stiff hairs. Antennae had at least 4 leaflets.
Beneath the elytra and along the sides were dense hairs.
Habitat:
Spotted under bright lights at a car yard located across a national park with eucalyptus trees.
My thanks to martinl and Stephen Thorpe for the ID. Yet to find information on this chafer.
Notes:
Family: Scarabaeidae
Reference Links:
Xylonychus eucalypti - Overview
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 9, 2013
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