Alticini (tribe)
Unidentified flea beetle at Syndicate, QLD
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| Alticini (tribe) | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Mar 2026 | |
| Unverified | JasonPStewart | 24 Mar 2026 |
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Black small beetles on these _Meiogyne hirsuta_ shrubs' flowers
–please help to identify these beetles if possible – eating these flowers presumably. And perhaps incidentally pollinating them? .
Healthy lowland tropical rain forest, beetles on and likely eating these flowers on these healthy flowering ground–storey shrubs to 1–2m tall (sighting: https://naturemapr.org/sightings/4724182 ) .
Mossman Gorge, long circuit track, about the first third of the way around regeneratin forest canopy gap flat area directly before the rock steps flight up a steep slope .
2015 January 30th 10:56–11:05 am .
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Location information
- Coordinates 145.326285-16.469531
- Places Syndicate, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 30 Jan 2015 10:56 AM Recorded on
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- Meiogyne hirsuta (Annonaceae botanical family) on the flowers, presumed pollinators . Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Alticini (tribe) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Alticini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified flea beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1599m Recorded at altitude
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