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Paropsisterna rufobrunnea
A nitid brown shallow hemispherical leaf beetle with very fine elytral puncturation series. The margins of the exosleletal parts are black.
This is found limited to a region of Victoria, Australia associated with red gum eucalyptus
Spotted on Mar 18, 2018
Submitted on Mar 22, 2018
5 Comments
Lovely beetle Martin - would love a wooden model of this one.
Your welcome, 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.
Thanks for adding more endemic leaf beetles Martin. This one looks like polished wood!
A very pretty Beetle....