Paropsisterna annularis
1 A leaf beetle at Franklin, ACT
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| Paropsisterna annularis | AlisonMilton | 6 Nov 2021 | |
| Paropsisterna nobilitata | AlisonMilton | 31 Jan 2021 | |
| Paropsisterna nobilitata | AlisonMilton | 30 Jan 2021 | |
| Paropsisterna gloriosa | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Jan 2021 | |
| Paropsisterna gloriosa | argybee | 15 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | Gavinb | 10 Jan 2021 |
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Landed on my hand while driving.
3 comments
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.
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.
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
Location information
- Coordinates 149.141783-35.198020
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Dec 2020 07:23 PM Recorded on
- Gavinb Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Gavinb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paropsisterna annularis Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paropsisterna annularis Scientific name
- A leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 652.56m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location