Dicranosterna
''Dicranosterna'' is a genus of leaf beetles, in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. These beetles are hemispherical and the larvae are globular (spherical). The elytra have coarse punctures which are non striate (non aligned). There are 36 species and they occur throughout Australia. ''Dicranosterna'' is endemic to Australia. Host-plant is Acacia The record for Eucalyptus (Jolivet and Hawkeswood 1995) is erroneous (Reid 2002c). Larvae are globular, with inconspicuous setae and a pair of dorsal glands, and lack apicoventral (rear) pseudopoda (prolegs). Gallery File:Dicranosterna.JPG, ''Dicranosterna vexabilis'' File:Dicranosterna semipunctat2.JPG, ''Dicranosterna semipunctata'' File:Dicranosterna immaculata Heyfield.JPG, ''Dicranosterna immaculata'' larva Species * '' Dicranosterna abdominalis'' Chapuis, 1877 * '' Dicranosterna aeraria'' (Chapuis, 1877) * '' Dicranosterna alessandrae'' (Daccordi, 2005) * '' Dicranosterna bicolor'' (Daccordi, 2003) * '' Dicranosterna bipun ...
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