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Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, dark beetle of unknown species.

Habitat:

Observed here on the underside of a taro (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) leaf in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Notes:

Here is an image that "may be" of the same genus as was suggested http://www.hkwildlife.net/viewthread.php?tid=81026

Species ID Suggestions

eumolpine leaf beetle

Basilepta sp.
MichaelGeiser
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Comments (1)
Scott Frazier
Thanks Michael. In order to help me consider the suggestion perhaps you can also provide a link to the genus, preferably in my range? Thanks very much

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Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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PublishedJuly 19, 2013

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