Alticini (tribe)

Unidentified flea beetle at Syndicate, QLD

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Alticini (tribe) 25 Mar 2026 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 24 Mar 2026 JasonPStewart

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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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JasonPStewart wrote:
   25 Mar 2026
@MichaelMulvaney thank you .
   25 Mar 2026
no worries thanks for all your IDs

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  • Meiogyne hirsuta (Annonaceae botanical family) on the flowers, presumed pollinators . Associated plant
  • Less than 5mm Animal size

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