1 Leaf Beetle at suppressed
Identification history
| Callidemum CNM 01 (to be classified) | 31 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Calomela maculicollis | 8 Jan 2024 | AlisonMilton |
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Significant sighting
3 comments
martinl
wrote:
8 Sep 2024
This is not Calomela. Calomela has confused elytral puncturation but this beetle has them in ten straight rows. It is probably Callidemum. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192796713
DiBickers
wrote:
30 Mar 2025
The closest match I can find currently (on the back of @martinl comment above) is Callidemum limbatum. Fits well with head & lateral pronotum markings, the elytral punctuations & the elytral coloured flange line (but has a smaller central pronotum dot instead of the distinct diamond-shape). The only sightings I can find are east coastline Qld just above border of NSW (& only a few photos at all) so you’re a fair bit further south. Given we now have 7 sightings recorded with the central pronotum diamond marking I would suspect it’s likely a different species to Callidemum limbatum but a good indicator we’re on the right track. I’m going to put this through as Genus-level for now. Happy to be corrected down the track by someone with more experience with this genera😊
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
jb2602 NatureMapr South Coast Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Significant
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Callidemum CNM 01 (to be classified) Scientific name
- Leaf Beetle Common name
- Unknown
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- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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