Fast Facts

  • Classification
    Genus
    Anoplognathus
    Species
    storeyi
    Subfamily
    Rutelinae
    Family
    Scarabaeidae
    Order
    Coleoptera
    Class
    Insecta
    Subphylum
    Uniramia
    Phylum
    Arthopoda
    Kingdom
    Animalia
  • Size Range
    Length: 20 – 24 mm

Introduction

The species name storeyi refers to the late Ross Storey, an Australian entomologist.


What does Anoplognathus storeyi look like?

Identification

Medium brown with green reflections, pronotum with irregular mottling. Underside dark brown with green reflections and long, dense, white hair. Legs dark brown with dark tarsi.


  • Clypeus

    Clypeus: Front margin reflexed and evenly rounded, and sides ridged to form a triangular depression pointing backwards towards the middle of the head.

  • Foretibia

    Foretibia: Two distinct tibial teeth.

  • Metaventral process

    Metaventral process: Without hair, apex sharp, and extending just beyond mid coxae.

  • Pygidium

    Pygidium: Brown with green reflections and white hair, and with longers yellow hair at apex.



Where is Anoplognathus storeyi found?

Distribution

Cooloola, QLD



What species are similar to Anoplognathus storeyi?

Similar species

No similar species.

Anoplognathus storeyi is a distinct species. It has a deep depression in the centre of its clypeus.

The species is only known from Cooloola South QLD.