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Paropsisterna rufobrunnea

Paropsisterna rufobrunnea

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A nitid brown shallow hemispherical leaf beetle with very fine elytral puncturation series. The margins of the exosleletal parts are black.

Habitat:

This is found limited to a region of Victoria, Australia associated with red gum eucalyptus

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Comments (5)
Leuba Ridgway
Lovely beetle Martin - would love a wooden model of this one.
MartinL
Thankyou maplemoth Thankyou Daniele. The brown (rufobrunnea = red brown) color is curiously prominent color for a diurnal beetle. Its closest ally is beata, which is spotted. Other allied species are black or primarily black, and nocturnal.
DanielePralong
Thanks for adding more endemic leaf beetles Martin. This one looks like polished wood!

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PublishedMarch 22, 2018

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