Paropsisterna cloelia

1 Eucalyptus variegated beetle at Googong, NSW

Paropsisterna cloelia at Googong, NSW - 21 Jan 2022
Paropsisterna cloelia at Googong, NSW - 21 Jan 2022
Paropsisterna cloelia at Googong, NSW - 21 Jan 2022
Paropsisterna cloelia at Googong, NSW - 21 Jan 2022
Paropsisterna cloelia at Googong, NSW - 21 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Paropsisterna cloelia 14 Apr 2022 Amata
Paropsisterna cloelia 2 6 Mar 2022 KimberiRP
Unidentified 21 Jan 2022 SteveBorkowskis

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Looking for ID for the larger/darker beetle, I think the smaller one may be Paropsisterna variicollis. Is this a different species or just a different colouration of the same species?

5 comments

RogerF wrote:
   22 Jan 2022
I think the male variicollis is trying it on!
RogerF wrote:
   28 Feb 2022
There are a couple of black species of Paropsisterna on CNM
AlisonMilton wrote:
   28 Feb 2022
@Birdy Daniel, The request is for the ID of the bigger black beetle, not the Paropsisterna variicollis. Thanks Alison
KimberiRP wrote:
   6 Mar 2022
Both are Paropsisterna cloelia, which has both yellow and black variants. The name P. variicollis is now treated as a synonym of P. cloelia (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aen.12476).
RogerF wrote:
   6 Mar 2022
Thanks for the update Kim. Its seems ttis uodate might not have happened but for its introduction to WA and NZ. I wonder how many more species are in this position from DNA analysis. Remember Gonipterus.

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