Punctate flower chafer
The punctate flower chafer or spotted flower chafer, Neorrhina punctata, is a species of flower chafer. The chafers are beetles of subfamily Cetoniinae in the large scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Among the chafers, N. punctatum belongs to the tribe Schizorhinini.
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| At Swifts Creek, Victoria | |
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| Genus: | Neorrhina |
| Species: | N. punctata |
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| Neorrhina punctata (Donovan, 1805) | |
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This beetle occurs in eastern mainland Australia, from Victoria, through New South Wales to northern Queensland.[1]
It is also known under several other scientific names, but these are obsolete or misspelled:
- Cetonia punctatum (lapsus)
- Cetonia punctata Donovan, 1805
- Neorrhina punctatum (lapsus)
- Polystigma punctatum (lapsus)
- Polystigma punctata (Donovan, 1805)
References
Media related to Neorrhina punctatum at Wikimedia Commons
- "Punctate flower chafer fact file". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
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