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词条 Anoplognathus prasinus
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{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Anoplognatus prasinus
| image = Anoplognathus prasinus (5389858836).jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| subordo = Polyphaga
| superfamilia = Scarabaeoidea
| familia = Scarabaeidae
| genus = Anoplognathus
| species = A. prasinus
| binomial = Anoplognathus prasinus
| binomial_authority = (Castelnau, 1840)
| synonyms =
  • Paranonca prasina Castelnau

}}Anoplognathus prasinus, commonly known as the green Christmas beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia.[1]

The green Christmas beetle was described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1840 as Paranonca prasina. It was transferred to the genus Anoplognathus in 1873 by Lansberge.

The species is apple green overall, with red-yellow translucent edging to its head, clypeofrontal suture and pronotum. The abdomen is a brown-green colour, the coxae and legs are a yellow-green and tarsi red-brown. The adult male is 18–20 mm long while the female is 21–22 mm long.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Anoplognathus_prasinus | title=Species Anoplognathus prasinus (Castelnau, 1840) |last=Australian Biological Resources Study|date=17 December 2010|work=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government|accessdate=15 December 2015|location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}
2. ^{{cite journal|last=Carne|first=P.B.|date=1957|title=A revision of the ruteline genus Anoplognathus Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|volume=5|issue=1|pages=88–144 | doi=10.1071/ZO9570088 }}
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2 : Scarabaeidae|Beetles described in 1840

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