Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Coleopterida
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Stethaspini
Genus: Stethaspis
Scientific name: Stethaspis suturalis,
Common name: Tanguru Chafer, Green Beetle
Stethaspis suturalis a green, flying scarab beetle which can be identified by a yellow stripe along its back.
It is common in native forest and pine plantations.
It has large white grubs that live underground feeding on tree roots.
The bright-green adults emerge en masse from under the soil during summer and fly with a buzzing sound soon after dark.
Stethaspis suturalis getting ready to fly. The eltras (hard wing casing) are raised and the transparent wings are unfolding. The green patch below the thorax is called the scutellum.
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