Paropsis aegrota elliotti
P. aegrota elliotti differ from their mainland cousins, P. aegrota aegrota in having many more smooth warty elytral spots (secondary verrucae) and a pronotum more distinctively patterned. Both subspecies share set spots, or primary verrucae (see notes on pic), that consistently occur spacially on their elytra – compare the following mainland specimen on Padil: P. aegrota aegrota.
Photographed mid-summer, foothills of Mt Wellington, Hobart.
References:
De Little, D. 1979. A preliminary review of the genus Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Tasmania. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 91-107.
Selman, B.J. 1983. The naming of the Tasmanian species of Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 333-339.
Paropsis aegrota elliotti
P. aegrota elliotti differ from their mainland cousins, P. aegrota aegrota in having many more smooth warty elytral spots (secondary verrucae) and a pronotum more distinctively patterned. Both subspecies share set spots, or primary verrucae (see notes on pic), that consistently occur spacially on their elytra – compare the following mainland specimen on Padil: P. aegrota aegrota.
Photographed mid-summer, foothills of Mt Wellington, Hobart.
References:
De Little, D. 1979. A preliminary review of the genus Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Tasmania. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 91-107.
Selman, B.J. 1983. The naming of the Tasmanian species of Paropsis Olivier (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 333-339.