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Paropsis rufitarsis
An entirely green leaf beetle in the Paropsis group. Calling all experts (any experts) What species is this?
This leaf beetle supplied by Christiane in Gin Gin Qld. to assist in my research of the leaf beetle group. Thank you CG
Spotted on Jan 19, 2015
Submitted on Jan 21, 2015
10 Comments
rufi + tarsis = red + foot
Found the correct ID finally and I was wrong.
This is Paropsis rufitarsis (Chapuis)
Thank you Gunter.
Thank you Leuba. I do love a solved Identification and it does so look like Dicranosterna, now that I know.
D.hemisphaerica looks quite impressive - a perfect dome !
Thank you Leuba.
This beetle is not Paropsis at all, but Dicranosterna: hemisphaerica.
It was determined based on this image, which has since been moved from Paropsis to Dicranosterna.
http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/im...
That is so like citrus and so cute! It will be great in your collection Martin. Well done Christiane.
Maybe a lime?
It is tiny.
It looks like a lemon peel...
This is probably uncommon in general as I am not familiar with any other image online of this beetle.
This is the beetle that prompted me to contact you. I di not expect to see it again. I will do some homework on it shortly.
Love the green beetle.. They are not so common around here.. :)