Cunderdinia orientalis

Cunderdinia orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Cunderdinia
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Cunderdinia orientalis
Britton, 1995

Cunderdinia orientalis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Australia (New South Wales).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.25–7.5 mm (0.207–0.295 in). They have a brilliant metallic green or cupreous body. The pronotum, clypeus and frons are densely punctured, with the punctures on the clypeus, anterior half of the frons and margins of the pronotum bearing white setae. The disc of the elytra has longitudinal lines of fine, white setae.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Cunderdinia orientalis 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 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Britton, E. B. (1995). "A synopsis of the genera of Diphucephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) including Watkinsia gen.nov. et spp.nov". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 9 (1): 115–128. Retrieved June 5, 2026.