''Anoplognathus olivieri'' is a

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'' Anoplognathus''.

Description

''Anoplognathus olivieri'' is distinguished by laterally expanded female elytra, smooth mostly impunctate ventrites and shiny pygidium with apical tuft of setaeAnoplognathus olivieri (Schonherr & Dalman, 1817) in Seidel M, Reid C A M, plazi (2021). Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.4

References

Insects described in 1817 Scarabaeidae Insects of Australia {{Scarabaeidae-stub