1 Unidentified 'paropsine' leaf beetle at suppressed
Identification history
| Paropsis (paropsine) genus-group | 30 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 15 Nov 2023 | PJH123 |
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Chrysomelid sp.?
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DiBickers
wrote:
30 Mar 2025
The face & pronotum markings (together with the faint elytral line shape & placement) & the subtle difference in colouration along the flange make me want to say this is Paropsis atomaria. However, they generally have a faint pair of darker dots halfway along the elytra toward the midline and another pair toward the posterior elytral midline (sometimes joined by a faint line, sometimes not) which yours doesn’t appear to have. This makes me hesititant to Verify it to Species-level given these subtle differences can often mean a different species. That being said, I have also seen a few photos which also lack the dots but I’m not confident enough to say they have been identified correctly in the first instance to use them as a comparison (though they may well be). I’ll tag @martinl as he is a guru with Chrysomelidae, but he is also very busy so may not see my commentary (but here’s to hoping). In the interim I think it’s a pretty safe bet for me to Verify this to Genus-level for you😊
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- PJH123 Recorded by
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Collections
Deepwater PJH123 NatureMapr New England Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Paropsis (paropsine) genus-group Scientific name
- Unidentified 'paropsine' leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1492.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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