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Leaf Beetle

Notozona histrionica

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small Leaf Beetle in red and yellow with enlarged hind legs for jumping. About 5 mm long. Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Galerucinae.

Habitat:

Forest of Huasteca, Edward James Surrealism Park, Xilitla, San Luis Potosí.

Notes:

See another variation of this species spotted in Chiapas, Mexico: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/702132662/fullscreen.

Reference Links:

NaturaLista · Notozona observado por franko en agosto 22, 2015

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
thaptor
I was only convinced both are histrionica after I excluded all other possibilities - which I would have been unable to if literature sources were unknown to me . . . So, grace to your documentations, we know about the pattern variability!
LaurenZarate
Thank you thaptor! Yes, this one looks like the Notozona histrionica on the web. The Chiapan one is more striking. I hadn't thought they were the same species.
thaptor
= Notozona histrionica (Baly, 1865). Have excluded all other spp. of Mex. checklist. http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/bca/navigation/bca_12_06_01s/bca_12_06_01sshowplate.cfm?id=406 exacly like yours, http://naturalista.biodiversidad.co/taxa/309955-Notozona-histrionica with smaller maculae, that's all.
LaurenZarate
Thank you Lisa for Fun Fact :) Always interesting…..and fun :)
LisaPowers
Project Noah Fun Fact: Flea beetle is a general name applied to the small, jumping beetles of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). ). They are similar to other leaf beetles, but characteristically have the hindleg femora greatly enlarged. These enlarged femora allow for the springing action of these insects when disturbed. Flea beetles can also walk normally and fly. ~Wikipedia Flea Beetle (Notozona sp.) spotted in San Luis Potosí, Mexico by PN member LaurenZarate. https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/np.1455390065502939.1102992471/10156476176085603/?type=3&notif_t=notify_me_page
LaurenZarate
Thank you Francisco for the ID, I found your picture on Naturalista and added the reference here. :)
Francisco Ramírez
Yo también lo fotografié en Veracruz, me lo identificaron como del género Notozona -Galerucinae- muy bellas tus fotografías Lauren, saludos !!

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