Occurrence record: Entomology:K.112810

Preserved specimen of Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851 | Christmas Beetle recorded on 1960-01-02

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Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Australian Museum Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection	Australian Museum Entomology Collection Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number	K.112810
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:6020221,urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.112810"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector	D.K. McAlpine
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6041293
Occurrence date	1960-01-02 Supplied date "1960-01-02/1960-01-02"
End day of year	2
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	2

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Anoplognathus pallidicollis Supplied scientific name "Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Christmas Beetle
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Anoplognathus
Species	Anoplognathus pallidicollis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Accepted name	Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851
Scientific name authorship	Blanchard, 1851
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	Blanchard, 1851

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales
Latitude	-35.115276 Supplied as: "-35.115276"
Longitude	147.36778 Supplied as: "147.36778"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Wagga Wagga
Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga (35° 06' 55" S, 147° 22' 04" E) 02/01/1960 - 02/01/1960, McAlpine, Dr David Kendray - Australian Museum - Entomology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	35° 06' 55" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	147° 22' 04" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	1km-10km

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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	NSW South Western Slopes
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Inland Slopes
NRM Regions 2010	Murrumbidgee
NRM Regions 2017	Riverina
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Riverina
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Riverina
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	NSW South Western Slopes
IBRA 7 Regions	NSW South Western Slopes
IBRA 7 Subregions	Inland Slopes
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Murray-Darling Basin
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Murray-Darling Basin
Drainage Divisions Level 2	DARLING RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Wagga Wagga
Indigenous Locations 2021	Wagga Wagga - North
Indigenous Regions 2021	Riverina - Orange
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
Marine
States including coastal waters	New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Australian States and Territories	New South Wales
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Riverina
Electorates March 2025	Riverina
Local Government Areas 2011	Wagga Wagga (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Wagga Wagga - Pt A
Local Government Areas 2023	Wagga Wagga
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	WAGGA WAGGA CITY COUNCIL
NSW Local Land Services Regions	Riverina
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	47
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	3508
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NSW
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	WAGGA WAGGA - WEST
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	WAGGA WAGGA
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	RIVERINA
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	RIVERINA
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	WAGGA WAGGA
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	WAGGA WAGGA - NORTH
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	RIVERINA - ORANGE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Inner Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Wagga Wagga
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Wagga Wagga - West
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NSW
Postal Areas 2021	2650
Remoteness Areas 2021	Inner Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 1	11303127031
Statistical Areas Level 2	Wagga Wagga - West
Statistical Areas Level 3	Wagga Wagga
Statistical Areas Level 4	Riverina
Tourism Regions 2021	Riverina
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt woodlands
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	18066.0 frequency
Species Richness	1463.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	547.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	155.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	8.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	112.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	16.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	115.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	14.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	160.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	17.3 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	41.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	25.0 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	16.2 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	29.6 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	3.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	9.1 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	13.2 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	22.2 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.45 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	2.0
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	32.6 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	23.8 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	9.7 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	592.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	159.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	37.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	122.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	15.674278 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	130.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	61.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	173.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	15.779167 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	28.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	2.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	8.633333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	12.525 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	22.766666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	44.572956 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	588.088
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	31.0 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	23.133333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	12.016666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	44.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.48
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.89
Elevation	189.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851	Anoplognathus pallidicollis
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec21b060-78e8-4a37-9e62-b8bef532b001
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0cf66e72-467f-4a58-afa6-747cf90a0b87
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dd3a6c0e-af5a-43cb-a3ed-1e449f359837
	Order	Coleoptera	Coleoptera
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Accepted name usage	Anoplognathus pallidicollis Blanchard, 1851
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/dd3a6c0e-af5a-43cb-a3ed-1e449f359837
	Genus	Anoplognathus	Anoplognathus
	Left		208082
	Scientific name authorship		Blanchard, 1851
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec7a053c-ee31-4f1f-b378-d87d23722cfe
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Christmas Beetle
	Name according to	Blanchard, 1851
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5c387616-0cb4-42f0-936e-7ec22d576939
	Right		208082
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	pallidicollis
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
	Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
	Class	Insecta	Insecta
	Species		Anoplognathus pallidicollis
	Family		Scarabaeidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6041293
	Year		1960
	End day of year		2
	Month		1
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		2
	Day		2
	Event date	1960-01-02/1960-01-02	1960-01-02
Occurrence	Catalog number	K.112810
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2025-07-05	2025-07-05
	Collection code	Entomology
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	D.K. McAlpine
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:6020221,urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.112810]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Entomology Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co9
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-35.115276	-35.115276
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	147.36778	147.36778
	State province	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Wagga Wagga
	Verbatim latitude	35° 06' 55" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000	10000.0
	Lga	Wagga Wagga (C)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga (35° 06' 55" S, 147° 22' 04" E) 02/01/1960 - 02/01/1960, McAlpine, Dr David Kendray - Australian Museum - Entomology(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	147° 22' 04" E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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