Paropsisterna octosignata

Eight spots. Scarce. Nocturnal. Victorian. Orange or red (alpine) spotted.

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morpheme

Lion

Wow - you really are the authority on these beetles. Everywhere I look for info (to fill out the fields in the species form) I find you. Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Impressive isn't it? Quite similar to your plant and fungi journeys. Repeating one of Martin's comments that are interesting in this context, if you haven't seen it already:
  
  "Ha! Paropsis (Latin = bowl) has 72 species, I've only given you 27(by geotag). Phytophagous beetles are very host specific and plant evolution drives speciation faster than average. Paropsisterna has 122 species, Peltoschema has 95 species. These groups are Australian endemics. I probably have images of half, many are localized and this means targeted travelling if I want to see the rest, many are undetermined because taxonomy is in a big mess for this group. It gets harder now. There is still a little more to come. " Posted 9 years ago
2. Martin Lagerwey
  
  Lion
  
  Oh, morpheme. I spend days in the museum checking pinned specimens. Some paropsines (Paropsini tribe is unofficial and includes paropsis, paropsisterna, peltoschema, paropsides and Trachymela) fade and all chance of a positive identification is lost by this means. Type material is held in London, or another european museum, or even lost. Many museum specimens are incorrectly named and original descriptions are inadequate. I selected this group partially because it is undiscovered, so when I find a larval stage, or a foodplant, or anything, it is new information to science. Posted 9 years ago

The Eight Marked leaf beetle

Color;
Black with four orange blotches on each elytra making two transverse rows, each of four dots, the first row is near the base of the elytra and the apical row quite far back. The blotches are consistent and contain black lateral lines in the positions of the striae. Head contains some red behind the line jointing the back of the eyes. Pronotum entirely black. Legs black. Antennae black.

Structure;
Length; male female
Antennae; male female
The striae are reduced.. more

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Similar species: Beetles

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