ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
The Johannica gemellata species (family Chrysomelidae) is a beautiful iridescent beetle, with current observations on iNaturalistAU showing near Maryborough, south through the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast in Queensland, and as far south as Laurieton in New South Wales.
Also known as Chrysomelid Johannica gemellata and Pandorea Leaf Beetle.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Chrysomelidae
- Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
- Genus: Johannica
- Species: Johannica gemellata
Footnote & References
- Johannica gemellata © Tony Eales
- Pandorea Leaf Beetle (Johannica gemellata), tjeales, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=566866&user_id=tjeales&verifiable=any
- Johannica gemellata (Westwood, 1849), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b1550811-5de0-4d76-be46-24040d52158b
- Chrysomelid Beetles of NSW, How to identify the Chrysomelinae of New South Wales, FaunaNet, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/aus_museum/chrysomelidae/key/Chrysomelinae/Media/Html/index.htm
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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