Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
()
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Family:
Scarabaeidae
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily:
Rutelinae
()
- Tribe:
Anoplognathini
()
- Subtribe:
Anoplognathina
()
- Genus:
Anoplognathus
()
- Leach, 1819
- Specific name:
porosus
- (Dalman, 1817)
- Scientific name: - Anoplognathus porosus (Dalman, 1817)
- Specific name:
porosus
- (Dalman, 1817)
- Genus:
Anoplognathus
(
- Subtribe:
Anoplognathina
(
- Tribe:
Anoplognathini
(
- Subfamily:
Rutelinae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Anoplognathus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. prasinus (Green Christmas Beetle)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 56.
- The transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales. v. 1-2, [1863-73] Sydney, 1866-73. url p. 354.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australian National Insect Collection
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2926927
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14744792
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2047254
Footnotes
- Mean = 419.180 meters (1,375.262 feet), Standard Deviation = 351.510 based on 403 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
