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Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis

5 Leaf beetle at Melba, ACT

Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis at Melba, ACT - 1 Jan 2021
Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis at Melba, ACT - 1 Jan 2021
Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis at Melba, ACT - 1 Jan 2021
Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis at Melba, ACT - 1 Jan 2021
Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis at Melba, ACT - 1 Jan 2021
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Aporocera (Aporocera) sculptilis 18 Jan 2021 KimPullen
Unidentified 14 Jan 2021 kasiaaus

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7 comments

kasiaaus wrote:
   15 Jan 2021
Wow. Thanks for the ID. I can't find any other images online for this species.
Bron wrote:
   15 Jan 2021
I think this might be Aporocera rufescens Kat, see https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6dfbc49d-d6b1-4ff8-8a48-86ba387730dd#gallery. If not, they're very alike :) Cheers Bron
kasiaaus wrote:
   15 Jan 2021
Yes Bron. I agree that our beetle looks very much like Aporocera rufescens.
KimPullen wrote:
   16 Jan 2021
Bron, it certainly does match the images of A. rufescens on ALA, and could well be that species. I've noticed that in the ANIC the species stratioticus stands (as stratiotica) under Aporocera. I will delve into it further.
Bron wrote:
   16 Jan 2021
Thanks Kat and Kim.
KimPullen wrote:
   18 Jan 2021
Kat, Comparing your (excellent) images to specimens in ANIC, I found that both A. rufescens and A. stratiotica have very dense punctures on the pronotum, so that it has a granular appearance. This one actually matches A. sculptilis, which has those punctures fine and sparse so that the pronotum appears shiny. All three occur in our region.
kasiaaus wrote:
   18 Jan 2021
Thanks Kim for looking into it in such detail.

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