ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) 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
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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