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Paropsisterna aequalis (and P. brunnea) The small beetle is described as Paropsisterna aequalis. Blackburn considers it to be synonymous with P. stygia which occurs in striped forms and black. This might be the pale form of P. stygia but the determination has not been made and this taxon is currently valid. <br /> The large beetle is Paropsisterna brunnea. P. stygia, and indeed this P. aequalis have carinate elytral suture and fine fovea, consistently smaller size and orange instead of brown. These two beetles are distinctively different. Australia,Geotagged,Paropsisterna,Paropsisterna aequali,Paropsisterna aequalis,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Paropsisterna aequalis (and P. brunnea)

The small beetle is described as Paropsisterna aequalis. Blackburn considers it to be synonymous with P. stygia which occurs in striped forms and black. This might be the pale form of P. stygia but the determination has not been made and this taxon is currently valid.
The large beetle is Paropsisterna brunnea. P. stygia, and indeed this P. aequalis have carinate elytral suture and fine fovea, consistently smaller size and orange instead of brown. These two beetles are distinctively different.

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    Martin Lagerwey
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    The small beetle is described as Paropsisterna aequalis. Blackburn considers it to be synonymous with P. stygia which occurs in striped forms and black. This might be the pale form of P. stygia but the determination has not been made and this taxon is currently valid.
    The large beetle is Paropsisterna brunnea. P. stygia, and indeed this P. aequalis have carinate elytral suture and fine fovea, consistently smaller size and orange instead of brown. These two beetles are distinctively different.     Posted 9 years ago
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    Mark Ridgway
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    Do you use a whip and a chair to get these together?
    This one looks different to the one on BowerBird? more glossy?.. different puncturation? different coloured scutellum?     Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
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    Martin Lagerwey
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    The image on BB is in fact rufobrunnea and I will update it now. I made this misidentification based on a museum image (PaDIL) which Peter Kelly got wrong. Unfortunately the first specimen I saw has striae without lines. It is hard to know the correct designation until I found the other one (brunnea) just this summer. The museum collections are mostly correctly identified, but not all, therefore not helpful. Rufobrunnea usually has lined striae and always has black elytral edges, antennae and legs and indeed scutellum.
    Paropsisterna_rufobrunnea A glossy brown beetle with weakly striate elytra, sometimes outlined. This is easily confused with P. brunnea but has a black head antennae and elytral edges, it is much less convex than P. brunnea. Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Paropsisterna,Paropsisterna rufobrunnea,Spring,chrysomelidae
     Posted 9 years ago

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The Paropsisterna aequali

Paropsisterna aequalis is a species of leaf beetle in the large genus paropsisterna. It was suggester by Blackburn to be similar to the species P. stygia and possibly deserving of synonymy.

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By Martin Lagerwey

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Uploaded May 21, 2016. Captured Feb 2, 2016 06:57 in 1097 Great Alpine Rd, Omeo VIC 3898, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 65mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.