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Anoplognathus porosus

Anoplognathus porosus is a cetonid beetl from Australia commonly called the Christmas beetle. Anoplognathus contains about 35 species in Australia and Anoplognathus porosus occurs along the east coast of Australia. They feed on Eucalyptus and normally aggregate communally on a single tree.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyScarabaeidae
GenusAnoplognathus
SpeciesAnoplognathus porosus
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Australia