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Paropsisterna sp#38 Known form Tasmania and called Ch11 by deLittle.<br /> Widespread and variable throughout Victoria and NSW. This may even contain more than one species in its variations. Closely allied to laesa (sp36 and 37) but with attractive apical and basal transverse saddles.<br /> It is bizarre that Blackburn has not described this insect. <br /> This distinctive and residual pattern should allow for firm identification but museum specimens are absent in Melbourne and I will visit the macleay collection with Blackburn&#039;s beetles in Adelaide next year. Australia,Geotagged,Paropsisterna Click/tap to enlarge

Paropsisterna sp#38

Known form Tasmania and called Ch11 by deLittle.
Widespread and variable throughout Victoria and NSW. This may even contain more than one species in its variations. Closely allied to laesa (sp36 and 37) but with attractive apical and basal transverse saddles.
It is bizarre that Blackburn has not described this insect.
This distinctive and residual pattern should allow for firm identification but museum specimens are absent in Melbourne and I will visit the macleay collection with Blackburn's beetles in Adelaide next year.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    For a layman like me, why is it bizarre that it is not described? Because it is distinctive and attractive? Posted 9 years ago
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    Martin Lagerwey
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    It is not a rare one although it may have been. I would have thought a distinctive beetle that retains its pattern after death, would be mentioned. I can clearly locate the few in the museum collection which are clearly misidentified or unidentified. The Adelaide museum has had a previous coleopteran curator and will be very helpful if Blackburn even has a record there. The Tasmanian paropsine fauna includes this species and has been studied fairly extensively by Dave deLittle and others. He calls it (Paropsisterna Ch11 sensu deLittle). I propose that blackburn assumed it is a form of Paropsisterna laesa. I will test this theory by dissections this season. clearly, I have left the prickly questions for last.
    Paropsisterna lignea, P. fastidiosa, P. varricollis, P. hectica, P. amoena/decolorata are all similar species complexes with possible cryptic species or varieties.     Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago

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