| 词条 | Christmas beetle |
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| image = Christmas Beetle.jpg | image_caption = Anoplognathus pallidicollis | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | subordo = Polyphaga | superfamilia = Scarabaeoidea | familia = Scarabaeidae | genus = Anoplognathus | genus_authority = Leach, 1819 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} Christmas beetle is a name commonly applied to the Australian and South African beetle genus Anoplognathus. They are known as Christmas beetles because they are abundant in both urban and rural areas close to Christmas. Christmas beetles are large (20–30 mm long) members of the scarab family that are noisy and clumsy fliers, similar to the cockchafers of Europe. They typically have elytra that are a dark or light brown, or green, in some species with a green-yellow iridescence. The genus includes 35 species, several of which have been implicated in dieback of eucalypts. Anoplognathus pallidicollis is the species most commonly observed and associated with the name of Christmas beetle. However, there is a tendency for the name Christmas beetle to be used more ambiguously to refer to other metallic beetles not in this family, such as the stag beetle genus Lamprima.[1] SpeciesSpecies include: {{Colbegin}}
References{{commonscat|Anoplognathus}}{{Wikispecies|Anoplognathus|Christmas beetle}}1. ^[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/the-traits-of-the-christmas-beetle-may-surprise-you/10626308 "Christmas Beetles" in Tasmania]
2 : Scarabaeidae|Beetles of Australia |
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