Arsipoda montana Oke, 1932 is a species of Flea beetle (Chrysomelidae: Alticini) native to Australia.
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By Calbost Niel
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Uploaded Jan 14, 2021. Captured Jan 14, 2021 12:48 in 58-82 Terrace Falls Rd, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
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https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:20336db9-2675-4599-b5b6-2026982257fe#gallery Posted 4 years ago
https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/8fce1369-2861-4980-b4da-3ee8e07839dd Posted 4 years ago
var: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6bb21401-d2f1-4f55-b30a-87d1e9ab60e6#gallery
mont: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a87f6dd8-176b-4987-9c5b-0a6d3974f876#gallery
BUT (big butt), looking at the revision of the genus Arsipoda in Caledonia (D'Alessandro et al., 2016), where A. montana is described as a new species, from New Caledonia, I would half doubt any of the images on ALA to make sense ?!?!?
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/354/725
Dunno what's going on here ... :-/
P.S.
On ALA it is Arsipoda montana Oke, 1932 and the the photo of the type shows tags for male and female in the type series and location "Beechworth, Vic. C"
In D'Alessandro et al. (2016) it is a new sp. from Mt. Humboldt, New Caledonia. The key states "Female unknown", yet in the description one female is listed with the paratypes(?!)
That can't both be right ...nevertheless INPN is listing the one by D'Alessandro et al. as valid:
https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/835515
Looks to me that at the very least Arsipoda montana D'Alessandro, Samuelson & Biondi, 2016 should be considered a junior homonym of Arsipoda montana Oke, 1932 and hence the former in need of a replacement name ...
P.P.S. *LOL* look at what GBIF is doing to it! :
https://www.gbif.org/species/8868769
They list it as Arsipoda montana D'Alessandro, Samuelson & Biondi, 2016 and have the same images with it that are used on ALA for the Aussie beetle (including the type labels stating Beechworth, Vic.)
OMG, what a mess again *lol* Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
P.S. That was quick: Paola D'Alessandro got back to me, stating that she is aware of the problem and a correction is pending.
For this here beetle photographed by Niel we can proceed and assume that the way ALA is presenting it is correct, so let's just slap the ID as Arsipoda montana Oke, 1932 on it ...
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