Paropsisterna annularis

1 A leaf beetle at Franklin, ACT

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Identification history

Paropsisterna annularis	6 Nov 2021	AlisonMilton
Paropsisterna nobilitata	31 Jan 2021	AlisonMilton
Paropsisterna nobilitata	30 Jan 2021	AlisonMilton
Paropsisterna gloriosa	27 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Paropsisterna gloriosa	15 Jan 2021	argybee
Unidentified	10 Jan 2021	Gavinb

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Landed on my hand while driving.

3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

27 Jan 2021

Thanks argybee

AlisonMilton wrote:

30 Jan 2021

Hi Michael,

Why is this Paropsisterna glorios and not Paropsisterna nobilitata? From Beetles of Australia website: Paropsisterna gloriosa has four yellow dots on the elytra. The rear pair extend outwards and backwards diagonally extending to the yellow vitta (stripe) along the side of the cell of the elytra. The yellow regions touch, or nearly so. https://sites.google.com/site/paropsisternapages/paropsis-sp

This doesn't seem to be the case for this beetle.

argybee wrote:

30 Jan 2021

I think you could be right Alison. I'm still not used to nobilitata on the mainland. They are variable however. Pity we don't have Martin here to comment as he is now the Aus expert. Here's some of his on ALA https://images.ala.org.au/image/viewer?imageId=42070e53-ef7d-4d66-957c-7bff9cfd9662

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