Anoplognathus brunnipennis

Anoplognathus brunnipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Anoplognathus
Species:	A. brunnipennis
Binomial name
	Anoplognathus brunnipennis; (Drapiez, 1819)
Synonyms
	Rutela chloropyra Drapiez, 1819; Anoplognathus nitidulus Boisduval, 1835; " Anoplognathus chloropyrus" Seidel & Reid, 2021;

Anoplognathus brunnipennis, commonly known as the brown- or golden-brown Christmas beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia,^[1] being common in coastal Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, the Great Dividing Range and the Murray-Darling river basin.^[2]

^ Australian Biological Resources Study (14 October 2013). "Species Anoplognathus brunnipennis (Drapiez, 1819)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Hangay, George; Zborowski, Paul (2010). A Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-643-10193-7.

[AFD-1] Australian Biological Resources Study (14 October 2013). "Species Anoplognathus brunnipennis (Drapiez, 1819)". Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[hangay-2] Hangay, George; Zborowski, Paul (2010). A Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-643-10193-7.

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