Southern Downs Beetles

Southern Downs BeetlesChristmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus) Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu) Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) Plague Soldier Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura) Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera) Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) Talaurinus fergusoni Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)

The Southern Downs region has a great diversity of insects commonly known as Beetles, that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects.

Southern Downs Beetles

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Southern Downs Beetles

Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)

Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle (Paropsis obsoleta) found on Eucalypt, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle (Paropsis obsoleta)

Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) laying eggs, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus)

Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus)

Plague Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus lugubris), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Plague Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus lugubris)

Aphanestes gymnopleura, Glen Aplin QLD © Marc Newman — Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura)

Australian Weevil (Talaurinus fergusoni), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Australian Weevil (Talaurinus fergusoni)

Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu)

Punctate Flower Chafer (Neorrhina punctatum), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Punctate Flower Chafer (Neorrhina punctatum)

Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman — Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera)

Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman — Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Informal: Pterygotes
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder:
- Adephaga
- Archostemata
- Myxophaga
- Polyphaga
Family:
- Apionidae
- Brachyceridae
- Buprestidae
- Cetoniidae
- Mordellidae

Footnote & References

Coleoptera, Beetles, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5c387616-0cb4-42f0-936e-7ec22d576939
Beetles (Order Coleoptera), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47208-Coleoptera

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