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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Trachymela » Australian Tortoise Beetle (Trachymela sloanei)
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Spotted Beetle - Trachymela sloanei
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Spotted Beetle - Trachymela sloanei
Santiago Oaks Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
July 18, 2006
Size: ~5mm
Found in a shaded area, near a pool.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 July, 2006 - 10:45pm
Last updated 15 October, 2008 - 1:50am

Moved
Moved from Chrysomelinae.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 October, 2008 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
… Ron Hemberger, 18 September, 2008 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Chrysomelinae
This is not a Cassid I think, but rather a Chrysomelinae. The head is visible from above and is concealed by the pronotum in Cassids. The antenna are wide apart (while in Galerucinae they are actually close together). I think it is one of the two Australian Eucalyptus leaf beetles: Chrysophtharta m-fuscum here or Trachymela sloanei (Australian Tortoise Beetle)
… Rob Westerduijn, 26 November, 2007 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 19 June, 2007 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
Mike, do you have
more information on this one? Was Boris' statement on antennae not valid for this species? This just keeps getting more interesting!!
… john and jane balaban, 19 June, 2007 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines.
This is not a tortoise beetle, but a member of a different subfamily (I guess: Galerucinae: Alticini).
Antennal bases are always very approximate in Cassidines, but are not in this one!
… Boris Büche, 31 May, 2007 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris
:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 31 May, 2007 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 December, 2006 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 14 September, 2006 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Tortoise Beetle
Looks like a member of the Chrysomelidae, in the Cassidinae subfamily.
… Jim Barrett, 19 July, 2006 - 3:44am login or register to post comments

 
Seems right
Thanks, Jim.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2006 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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