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This is a bicolorous form of an adult Chlorobapta frontalis, a species of flower beetle that feeds on nectar only.
Chlorobapta frontalis belong to a group of flower beetles, also commonly known as Flower Scarab, Scarab Beetle and incorrectly called Fiddler Beetle (so named for the fiddle (violin) shaped pattern on their back.
Pictured here is Chlorobapta frontalis rescued from a pool in Alice Springs. Rare in this region, it may have been introduced via a pot plant or in soil.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Subfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Scarabaeidae
- Subfamily: Cetoniinae
- Tribe: Schizorhinini
- Genus: Chlorobapta
- Species: Chlorobapta frontalis
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Allen Sundholm, creator of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Chlorobapta frontalis (Donovan, 1805), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chlorobapta frontalis
- Chlorobapta frontalis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/146754-Chlorobapta-frontalis
Alice Springs Beetles IndexBisallardiana sp Blaps polychresta Bolboceratidae Calosoma oceanicum Calosoma schayeri Carphurus (Soft-winged Flower Beetle) Cassidini Chalcophorotaenia Chlorobapta frontalis Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird) Colpochila Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mealybug Destroyer Beetle) Cybister tripunctatus (Three-punctured Diving Beetle) Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Beetle) Enochrus (Water Scavenger Beetle) Eretes australis (Padded Diving Beetle) Fungus Weevil (Dendropemon subfasciatus) Hydrophilus brevispina Lepidiota Merimna atrata Neospades sp Pachydissus (Longhorn Beetles) Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) Phoracantha punctata (Longhorn Beetle) Phorticosomus sp Phoracantha recurva (Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetle) Prioninae subfamily Protaetia fusca (Mottled Flower Scarab) Pterohelaeus sp (Blue Pie-dish Beetles) Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
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