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Gumnut leaf beetle
Trachymela sp.
-37.7357, 145.27
Field Notes
Description:
A brown hemispherical beetle looking like a gumnut.
The elytra are pitted and overall color is mottled browns.
Habitat:
On a large Red Box Gum in a habitat reserve.
Notes:
This is visually similar to Paropsisterna, a more colorful genus.
The brown ones get tossed into the "thrachymela group" on the assumption that these are too hard to find a more specific taxon.
It looks similar to Trachymela III from Brisbane insects http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/Trachymela.htm
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 18, 2014
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