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Punctate flower chafer

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Neorrhina punctata

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Genus
  
Neorrhina

Phylum
  
Order
  
Beetle

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Beetle, Lomaptera, Ischiopsopha, Poecilopharis, Eupoecila australasiae

The punctate flower chafer or spotted flower chafer, Neorrhina punctatum, 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.

This beetle occurs in eastern Australia, from central New South Wales to northern Queensland.

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

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

    Punctate flower chafer Wikipedia


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