Black-white spotted Glipa insect in Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

A few mm in size, found on a large leaf near the bottom of the rainforest floor. Partial identification is fam Mordellidae, possibly genus Glipa (thanks, Wildflower).

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WildFlower

Lion

I think it could be in the fam Buprestidae, but I cannot find a match.
Any idea what kind of plant it is on? Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you. Sorry, I have no idea what plant it is. It had long, firm leafs, that's all I know. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    I have a better match - fam Mordellidae, possibly genus Glipa.
    Do you have other photos - side, top, tail view? Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Sorry, no, only out of focus ruined shots from the same angle. I was rushed when I took this one, both the guide and Henriette found me to be to slow on the path, stopping at every insect :)
      
      Family Mordellidae does help though, I didn't even know a high level classification for this one. Posted 10 years ago
    2. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Update: I actually did find a sideview. It's misfocused so I won't share it here, but I will email it to you instead. Posted 10 years ago
    3. 1. WildFlower
        
        Lion
        
        It is not much better, but at least it confirms the above ID. I am not sure if we would be able to go beyond the genus though, there are many species and little information about them.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glipa Posted 10 years ago
      2. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Then we will leave this one partially identified. Thanks once again, I updated the title and description. Posted 10 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

The markings seem to match Glipa malaccana. No definite records of it in Sri Lanka, though.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363125-Glipa-malaccana/browse_photos?order_by=created_at&photo_license=any Posted 2 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Interesting genus. I checked the individual species and they all seem so land-locked to a specific country. Pretty strange. Will leave this at genus for now, thank you. Posted 2 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Sounds good. Each species seems so specific to a location, like you said. I wonder if Sri Lanka has a yet-to-be-documented species, a ssp., or is just the same species. Maybe we will find out in another 7 years or so, ;P Posted 2 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes lol, let's meet again. Posted 2 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Great! I'm sure we'll both remember. Posted 2 years ago

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2015. Captured Nov 17, 2014 11:33.

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