Paropsisterna beata

Paropsisterna beata is one of a species group with black colors and bright patterns of dots or lines.
The puncturations are very fine.

To the north of the range is a variety with red head and margin of elytra and pronotum.

comments (4)

Martin Lagerwey

Lion

Mark, I have made an error on my website that was copied to Christiane's spotting of Paropsisterna beata
1/ It is Paropsisterna beata and not Paropsis beata.
2/ There is no subspecies and the species formerly called rubrosignata is synonymized (Blackburn 1899) and not a current taxon, nor a subspecies, but a variety.

I assume only lions can make such edits and I hope you can fix this. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. Martin Lagerwey
  
  Lion
  
  thanks Posted 9 years ago
2. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Martin,
  Only a few assigned moderators can make changes to the species database and Mark is one of them.
  Regarding the above photo, it is identified as Paropsisterna beata and in the detailed description of the species, I have copied the part of your website where rubrosignata is described as a variety. The only mistake is that I have somehow created the ID with 2 intervals that's why Mark was able to create another one with 1 interval and these should be merged. I transfered some of the data to the ID that Mark has created. Please check the link below and let me know if you agree with it now.
  http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/8411/blessed-leaf-beetle.html Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
3. 1. Martin Lagerwey
    
    Lion
    
    Hello Wildflower,
    I agree with the information now. Rubrosignata was synonymized into beata by Blackburn 1899. There is lots of confusion in the whole group of Paropsisterna. Mark is very good with details and its a good arrangement. He's been correcting my mistakes for years. Posted 9 years ago