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Species Melanterius inconspicuus (Lea, 1899)

Generic Combinations

  • Melanterius inconspicuus (Lea, 1899).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), New England Tablelands (NET), South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs (associated flora: Acacia [FABACEAE] ('It was collected on A. dealbata and A. decurrens … (mostly under bark), and a short series was found … in Uromycladium galls on an unidentified Acacia species. We collected the species on Acacia fulva in New South Wales and on A. fimbriata and A. irrorata in Queensland, but only as single specimens …' (Pinzón-Navarro 2017: 18))).

Associated Flora References

Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77 (Acacia)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2023 CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
10-Dec-2023 Molytinae Schoenherr, 1823 09-Oct-2023 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Jun-2019 CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
28-Jun-2018 CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
02-Nov-2017 Cleogonini Gistel, 1848 10-Dec-2023 MODIFIED
27-Feb-2012 27-Feb-2012 MOVED
11-Apr-2011 ADDED