Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orange beetles
Posted by pwalter on 08-01-2009 20:47
#1
Hi! Can anyone recognise these? Found end of august, NE Hungary. Thanks for any help.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-01-2009 00:45
#2
Hello!
I think they are
Sphaeroderma testaceum, Chrysomelidae/Alticinae.
Posted by cthirion on 09-01-2009 01:07
#3
Chrysomelidae Alticinae
Why not Neocrepidoptera ferruginea?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-01-2009 01:12
#4
Hello, Camille!
cthirion wrote:
Why not Neocrepidoptera ferruginea?
Maybe. I don't know that genus from here, so it did not come into my mind.
Posted by John Bratton on 09-01-2009 19:53
#5
I think they are too parallel-sided for Sphaeroderma. I would plump for Crepidodera sp. but would need to have them under the microscope to go to species. Maybe Crepidodera is an old name for Neocrepidoptera?
Posted by pierred on 10-01-2009 09:09
#6
Hello,
The correct genus is
Neocrepidodera, not
Neocrepidoptera.
Posted by cthirion on 10-01-2009 11:56
#7
Yes, thanks!