Palaestra bipartita
3 Meloidae Beetle, Blister Beetle at Wingello, NSW
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| Palaestra bipartita | MichaelBedingfield | 31 Jan 2023 | |
| Australozonitis bizonata | MichaelBedingfield | 16 Jan 2023 | |
| Australozonitis bizonata | GlossyGal | 12 Jan 2023 |
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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
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#
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.
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
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It is equally likely that ALA is out of date
It is equally likely that ALA is out of date
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
- Places Wingello, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2023 09:34 AM Recorded on
- GlossyGal Recorded by
- Persoonia mollis Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Significant GlossyGal Southern Highlands NatureMapr Palaestra bipartita Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Palaestra bipartita Scientific name
- Meloidae Beetle, Blister Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 682m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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