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Parent Taxon

• Scarabaeidae

Sibling Taxa

• Allophyllus
• Biphyllocera
• Colobostoma
• Colpochila
• Costelytra
• Heteronyx
• Leonotus
• Liparetrus
• Macleayella
• Odontria
• Pachygastra
• Prodontria
• Scitaloides
• Scythrodes
• Sericospilus
• Telura

Child Taxa

• Odontria albonotata
• Odontria aurantia
• Odontria aureopilosa
• Odontria australis
• Odontria autumnalis
• Odontria borealis
• Odontria carinata
• Odontria cassiniae
• Odontria cinnamomea
• Odontria communis
• Odontria convexa
• Odontria decepta
• Odontria fusca
• Odontria giveni
• Odontria halli
• Odontria inconspicua
• Odontria macrothoracica
• Odontria magna
• Odontria marmorata
• Odontria monticola
• Odontria nesobia
• Odontria nitidula
• Odontria obscura
• Odontria obsoleta
• Odontria occiputale
• Odontria regalis
• Odontria rufescens
• Odontria sandageri
• Odontria smithii
• Odontria striata
• Odontria suavis
• Odontria subnitida
• Odontria sylvatica
• Odontria varicolorata
• Odontria variegata
• Odontria velutina
• Odontria xanthosticta

Top Observation Places

• Auckland
• North Shore
• Wellington
• Lower Hutt
• Christchurch
• Dunedin