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Leaf Beetle

Notozona histrionica

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Bright red Leaf Beetle with black and white elytra, very striking. The hind legs are greatly enlarged for jumping. One cm in length. Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Galerucinae, Tribe Alticini.
See: https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/309955-Notozona-histrionica

Habitat:

Forested area, Km 11.5 Highway between Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Notes:

See also: http://naskreck.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/recordlist.php?-skip=16375&-max=25 for other Notozona spp.

See a variant of this species from San Luis Potosí, Mexico: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1994386002/fullscreen.

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Comments (5)
LaurenZarate
Thank you again thaptor. Very cool that this one and the one from San Luis Potosí are the same species.
thaptor
Also this = Notozona histrionica (Baly, 1865) spot pattern extended to bands
LaurenZarate
Thank you thaptor! I love this beetle! Thank you Mark, you were right about the tribe, your Australian Alticini must be gorgeous.
thaptor
probably genus Notozona: http://naturalista.biodiversidad.co/taxa/253074-Notozona
Mark Ridgway
Amazing how many Mexican Alticinae are black and white patterns. We have mostly dark metallic blue.

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PublishedAugust 1, 2018

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