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Notozona histrionica
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-N...
Forested area, Km 11.5 Highway between Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
See also: http://naskreck.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/reco... for other Notozona spp. See a variant of this species from San Luis Potosí, Mexico: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/199....
Spotted on Jul 29, 2018
Submitted on Aug 1, 2018
5 Comments
Thank you again thaptor. Very cool that this one and the one from San Luis Potosí are the same species.
Also this
= Notozona histrionica (Baly, 1865)
spot pattern extended to bands
Thank you thaptor! I love this beetle! Thank you Mark, you were right about the tribe, your Australian Alticini must be gorgeous.
probably genus Notozona:
http://naturalista.biodiversidad.co/taxa...
Amazing how many Mexican Alticinae are black and white patterns. We have mostly dark metallic blue.