Gnaphalopoda austrina

Gnaphalopoda austrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gnaphalopoda
Species:
G. austrina
Binomial name
Gnaphalopoda austrina
Britton, 1987

Gnaphalopoda austrina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Australia (South Australia).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10 mm (0.39 in). They are dark reddish brown. The frons and clypeus are coarsely and densely punctured, while the punctuation on the pronotum is less dense and the scutellum has only a few punctures on the apical half.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gnaphalopoda austrina at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Britton, E. B. (1987). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 1 (6): 685–799. Retrieved June 10, 2026.