Paropsisterna atalanta

Atalanta button beetle at Wyanbene, NSW

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Identification history

	Paropsisterna atalanta	Yesterday	AlisonMilton
	Unidentified	Yesterday	Harrisi

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5 comments

martinl wrote:

Yesterday

This is Paropsisterna atalanta. Possibly the first record of this alpine beetle on this site.

Harrisi wrote:

Yesterday

thanks for the prompt ID Martin. I would have visited this site about ten times in the past six years and had not encountered it before.

martinl wrote:

Yesterday

Check the gallery on inaturalist. Sightings will be skewed for Victoria as most observations are mine. They have quite diverse color patterns. They are not uncommon in montane Victoria and well into NSW. Allied to P. lignea, they share the diagnostic feature of coarse interstitial puncturation and (unexpectedly for the 'Chrysophtharta' intra-genus) setose larvae.

AlisonMilton wrote:

Yesterday

@martinl @Harrisi Hi Martin. There is already one record of this species verified by Kim Pullen. Can you confirm that this is also the same species. Paropsisterna atalanta (Atalanta button beetle)
Thanks

martinl wrote:

Yesterday

Yep. That's it alright.

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