Tortoise beetle

Congrats Thalita...

Congratulations !

Congratulations for you lovely spotting of the day!

Parabéns de novo, Thalita, o SOTD foi muito merecido mesmo. Obrigado pelka informação.

Wow,amazing capture Thalita,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

Congrats! Please, do not forget to complete the scientific name of Dorynota pugionota.

Congratulations!

Congrats ThalitaMorais, this awesome beetle has been chosen as Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156147650055603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/653408516892426240

Belíssima série sobre um dos meus insetos preferidos. Parabéns. Por favor, onde em Curitiba você o achou?

1st time to see a "horned" tortoise beetle ..great spotting Thalita!!

Amazing specimen! When did tortoise beetles begin to grow horns... ?

Ok, we got it. It is indeed Dorynota (Dorynota) pugionota, confirmed by Marianna Simoes from the University of Kansas who did an excellent review about the genus Dorynota. Many thanks, Marianna, for your assistance, which is much appreciated!

I try to get a confirmation of my closer ID of Dorynota pugionota from an expert. I just get a paper from her...

Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Dorynotini, Dorynota (Dorynota) sp., the second Dorynota is the subgenus, since there is another subgenus of Akantaka in genus Dorynota. Unfortunately I cannot really tell you which one it is. They look all "identical" and we would need a clear picture from the top to see other markings. There are several candidate like Dorynota monocerus, Dorynota gladiator (possibly a synonym of Dorynota monocerus??), Dorynota pugionota. http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/dorynotamonocerosfig.htm http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/katalog%20internetowy/dorynotapugionotafig.htm http://www.coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginas/3ac_familias/chrysomeloidea/1foto/4Cassidinae/Dorynotini/Dorynota-gladiator/152x-Dorynota-gladiator,-Bo.jpg http://www.coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginas/3ac_familias/chrysomeloidea/1foto/4Cassidinae/Dorynotini/Dorynota-monoceros/157x-Dorynota-monoceros,-Ge.jpg http://www.coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginas/3ac_familias/chrysomeloidea/1foto/4Cassidinae/Dorynotini/Dorynota-pugionota/155x-Dorynota-pugionota,-Ge.jpg

Just brilliant ! Trust Martin to know his beetles. I think yours is similar to no: 34 in this gallery http://www.pybio.org/en/14488/galeria-de-especies-cassidinae/

What an amazing beetle! This is a tortoise leaf beetle. They come in all shapes. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15518046