3 Meloidae Beetle, Blister Beetle at Wingello, NSW
Identification history
| Palaestra bipartita | 31 Jan 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Australozonitis bizonata | 16 Jan 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Australozonitis bizonata | 12 Jan 2023 | GlossyGal |
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Significant sighting
MichaelBedingfield noted:
31 Jan 2023
There are no sightings of this species on ALA at this time, so a good find.
User's notes
Australozonitis bizonata
9 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
16 Jan 2023
It doesn't look like Australozonitis bizonata .. see:
https://panama.inaturalist.org/taxa/1043550-Australozonitis-bizonata and https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6ba38679-4085-42ce-9465-b1ffbceaa138#
https://panama.inaturalist.org/taxa/1043550-Australozonitis-bizonata and https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6ba38679-4085-42ce-9465-b1ffbceaa138#
RogerF
wrote:
16 Jan 2023
It was identified by Federico Turco at the National Insect Collection whose speciality is Meloidae. Its more likely that the i-naturalist identification is incorrect.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
16 Jan 2023
I feel uneasy about confirming this as Australozonitis bizonata since the ALA images are also different:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6ba38679-4085-42ce-9465-b1ffbceaa138
RogerF
wrote:
16 Jan 2023
I suggest you contact for confirmation Federico. federica.turco@csiro.au.
It is equally likely that ALA is out of date
It is equally likely that ALA is out of date
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
31 Jan 2023
I contacted Federica Turco. Re-ID'd by her as Palaestra bipartita.
RogerF
wrote:
14 Mar 2024
Thanks for that. I received an apology from Fed about her original misidentification.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.160178-34.683492
- Altitude 682.0m
- Maps Wingello Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Wingello, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2023 09:34 AM Recorded on
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Collections
Significant Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles GlossyGal Southern Highlands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Persoonia mollis Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Palaestra bipartita Scientific name
- Meloidae Beetle, Blister Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 682m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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