Punctate flower chafer

The punctate flower chafer or spotted flower chafer, Neorrhina punctata, is a species of flower chafer. The chafers are beetles of subfamily Cetoniinae in the large scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Among the chafers, N. punctatum belongs to the tribe Schizorhinini.

Punctate flower chafer
At Swifts Creek, Victoria
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N. punctata
Binomial name
Neorrhina punctata
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms

Numerous, see text

This beetle occurs in eastern mainland Australia, from Victoria, through New South Wales to northern Queensland.[1]

It is also known under several other scientific names, but these are obsolete or misspelled:

  • Cetonia punctatum (lapsus)
  • Cetonia punctata Donovan, 1805
  • Neorrhina punctatum (lapsus)
  • Polystigma punctatum (lapsus)
  • Polystigma punctata (Donovan, 1805)

External links edit

  Media related to Neorrhina punctatum at Wikimedia Commons

References edit

  1. ^ "Punctate flower chafer fact file". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-05-15.