''Allsortsia'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Spilopyrinae
The Spilopyrinae are a small subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Chile. They were formerly considered a tribe of the subfamily Eumolpinae. The group was elevated to subfamily ran ...
. It contains only one species, ''Allsortsia maculata''. It is found only in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, in the tropical rainforest of north
Queensland.
The genus is named after
liquorice allsorts, which ''A. maculata'' vaguely resembles.
''A. maculata'' is known only from two
type specimens collected in 1909 from
Kuranda, adjacent to the
Wet Tropics
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all f ...
.
References
External links
Australian Faunal Directory – Genus ''Allsortsia'' Reid & Beatson, 2010
Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Australia
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