Species Nesotrinchus australicus (Kerremans, 1903)

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• Haplotrinchus australicus Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [127].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Australia.
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Australia (as Australie)
  Comment: Type locality probably in error (Bily et al. 2009).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bílý, S., Kubán, V. & Volkovitsh, M.G. 2009. A study on the tribe Poecilonotini, with a revision of the subtribe Nesotrinchina subtrib. nov. and the description of a new genus and species from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 729–767 [756].

  Type locality references:

  Bílý, S., Kubán, V. & Volkovitsh, M.G. 2009. A study on the tribe Poecilonotini, with a revision of the subtribe Nesotrinchina subtrib. nov. and the description of a new genus and species from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 729–767 [756].

Generic Combinations

• Nesotrinchus australica (Kerremans, 1903). —
  Bílý, S., Kubán, V. & Volkovitsh, M.G. 2009. A study on the tribe Poecilonotini, with a revision of the subtribe Nesotrinchina subtrib. nov. and the description of a new genus and species from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(2): 729–767 [755]
• Melobasina australica (Kerremans, 1903). —
  Bellamy, C.L. 2002. Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. pp. XII 491 +4 colour pls [61] (as Melobasina australis !)

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

History of changes