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Paropsis obsoleta A small common leaf beetle along the east coast of Australia.<br /> This is a small and very convex beetle usually with dark transverse bands.<br /> Its form can vary in the southern extent of its range. Australia,Geotagged,Paropsis obsoleta,Summer,paropsis,paropsis obsoleta Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Paropsis obsoleta

A small common leaf beetle along the east coast of Australia.
This is a small and very convex beetle usually with dark transverse bands.
Its form can vary in the southern extent of its range.

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  1. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    How's the count going on Paropsines? You must have covered a good percentage of them by now. Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Martin Lagerwey's profile
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      Paropsisterna; has 122 recorded species. I know 112 by image but about 20 of these I cannot name Of these, 73 are my own images. I am starting some dissections. This is likely to split some species.
      There remain 30 official species names which I have no matches for and they will allocate to those 20 where possible (types are in Europe, somewhere) and ten will become nom. dubius.
      Paropsis; has 72 species all sorted by Gunter. I have photographed 38 of them. I am missing only three Victorian ones. Half of the rest are in WA which has isolated biology. I know them all because of his paper but cannot share some of the names before it is published. Albae missed the deadline. There are two to be discovered at Mildura and Barossa Valley (Hmm, might visit there) but data is insufficient for a description and they may be extinct. I am not taking Peltoschema or Calomela seriously. Trachymela is very difficult and needs a trained researcher imo.       Posted 9 years ago
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        Very impressive indeed. I would have guessed about a third of that.
        Barossa does sound attractive. I haven't been there.
        I don't suppose Dicranosterna are on the hit list. (only joking)
        It sounds like there will be a P.lagerweyii some time or other anyway.         Posted 9 years ago
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          Dicranosterna are Calomela on steroids. Both are acacia feeders with globose larvae. There are 36 in Australia but two in Victoria so far as I know. There should be more but I cannot find them. Posted 9 years ago
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      https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/chrysomelidae/paropsis Posted 9 years ago
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        We are getting there.
        The following entry mysteriously appears in the paropsis gallery but belongs in Paropsisterna.
        https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/8303/paropsisterna_madida.html         Posted 9 years ago
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          Fixed, thanks for reporting! Posted 9 years ago

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The Paropsis obsoleta

Paropsis obsoleta is a beetle in the Paropsis genus.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Martin Lagerwey

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Uploaded Jun 17, 2016. Captured Jan 28, 2015 22:52 in 25 Aplin Terrace, Gin Gin QLD 4671, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 450D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 65mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.